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PlayStation 5 Passes 100 Million Consoles Shipped

Vince MaglayaPublished 2m ago2 min readBased on 3 sources
PlayStation 5 Passes 100 Million Consoles Shipped
source:sonyinteractive.com

Sony Interactive Entertainment says the PlayStation 5 has shipped more than 100 million consoles. The milestone was reached as of November 10, 2026, according to the company's sales data page.

The console launched in November 2020. It took nearly six years to reach the 100 million mark. Shipments are the number of units sent out to retailers and customers, which is not the same as the number sold to players, though the two figures are usually close over time.

Sony's previous console, the PlayStation 4, reached 100 million units shipped in June 2019. That was five years and seven months after its own launch, so the PlayStation 5 took a little under a year longer to get there.

According to Video Games Chronicle, Sony shipped at least 2.1 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the period since September 30, 2026, which is what pushed the total past the line. That recent stretch is a small slice of the overall count, but it shows the console still moving off shelves and out of warehouses more than five years after launch.

Only seven game consoles have ever shipped more than 100 million units. All of them were made by Nintendo or Sony. Each one is a long-running hardware family, built over many years and several generations of games.

Sony's figures arrive alongside its financial reporting. The company published its consolidated results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, on November 5, 2026, and held its Q2 FY2026 earnings announcement in Tokyo that same day. It filed its semi-annual securities report, covering the six months to September 30, on November 10, 2026.

For players, the milestone is mostly a marker of scale. A console that has reached 100 million units has a large base of owners, which tends to matter to studios deciding which games to build for it. Sony has not, in the material above, announced any change to pricing, software or release plans tied to the figure.

Shipment numbers count hardware only. They do not show how many people are playing a given game, or how often they play it.

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