PlayStation 4 is nearing the end of its cycle and talks of Sony's
next gaming console – tentatively called the PlayStation 5 – have
already begun. But before it sees the sunset, the PlayStation 4 has
achieved an important milestone by dethroning the original PlayStation
as the second highest-selling Sony console of all time. It is also the
second bestselling home console of all time. As per Sony's latest
quarterly earnings report, the company sold 2.8 million PlayStation 4
consoles between July and September, bringing the cumulative lifetime
sales of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro to 102.8 million.
The Japanese electronics giant touched the much-vaunted sales figure of 100 million units for the PlayStation 4 a few months ago. Sony's consolidated financial report for the second quarter ending in September this year saw the company sell 2.8 million units of the PlayStation 4,
which is a sharp decline from the 3.2 million units sold in the
previous quarter and 3.9 million units in the same quarter last year.
But on a positive side, quarterly sale figures of the PlayStation 4 were
still higher than the number of TVs, smartphones, or digital cameras
sold by Sony in the same quarter.
With 102.8 million units sold so
far, the PlayStation 4 has left behind the first-gen PlayStation, whose
lifetime sale stands at 102.5 million. Moreover, the PlayStation 4 has
also inched ahead of the Nintendo Wii in lifetime sales figures. Another
positive news for Sony came
from the PlayStation Plus service, whose number of subscribers has
steadily increased on a quarterly basis and now stands at 36.9 million.
However, the PlayStation 4 still has a long way to catch up with the PlayStation 2,
which sold more than 155 million units across the globe and remains the
bestselling gaming console of all time. The original Nintendo Gameboy
and the Nintendo DS (classified as handheld game consoles) are still
significantly ahead of the PlayStation 4, and it is unlikely that they
will be eclipsed, given the fact that the PlayStation 5 is not too far
off from its debut. As for the sale of PlayStation 4 games, their
sale stood at 61.3 million units in the second quarter, significantly
higher than the 42.9 million games sold in the previous quarter.
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