PS5 Passes 100 Million Consoles Sold, Six Years After Launch

The PlayStation 5 has shipped more than 100 million consoles worldwide as of November 10, 2026, according to an update to Sony Interactive Entertainment's official sales data. The milestone lands almost exactly six years after the console's November 2020 launch, and makes the PS5 the fourth Sony home console to reach it.

2.1 million consoles in 40 days

Sony's last quarterly report counted 97.9 million PS5 units shipped as of September 30, 2026. Reaching 100 million by November 10 means about 2.1 million more units went out in the 40 days since, as Gematsu calculated. Push Square links the push to the holiday season and to the arrival of Grand Theft Auto VI on November 19; we covered its release date and launch details here.

For context, in February we reported that PS5 sales had reached 92.2 million units at the end of 2025. The console therefore added only 5.7 million units in the first nine months of 2026.

Shipped is not sold

As Eurogamer points out, the 100 million figure is "sell-in": consoles shipped to retailers, not consoles bought by players. The number of PS5s actually in homes is lower. That is how Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft usually report hardware, so the comparison with older PlayStation consoles still holds.

How it compares with earlier PlayStations

• PS4: 117 million units, reached by June 2022, according to Eurogamer. Push Square notes the PS4 got to 100 million faster than the PS5.
• Original PlayStation: 102.4 million units, a figure the PS5 is about to overtake.
• PS5: more than 100 million at the six-year mark.

A milestone in a slow year

The numbers behind the celebration are less rosy. Sony shipped 2.6 million PS5 consoles in its last quarter (July to September 2026), against 4 million in the same quarter a year earlier: the weakest second quarter since launch. The quarter before that was worse, at 1.6 million, and the lowest of all was the January to March 2026 quarter at 1.5 million. Eurogamer warns that unless the holidays and GTA VI turn things around, 2026 could be the PS5's lowest year ever. The main reason it gives is price: Sony has raised the price of the PS5 and PS5 Pro several times since 2020.

Sony is still doing well financially. Push Square reports that the PS5 generation is the company's most profitable yet, because it earns more from players who already own the console. With a PS6 expected within the next few years, the question now is how much life Sony can get out of the PS5 before then.

For the big games coming to PS5 in the next few months, see our release calendar.