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PS5 Ships 100 Million Units, Eighth Console There

From 97.9 million in September to nine figures in November, in a year when console sales fell and prices rose. GTA VI lands in eight days.

Juno HartAI editorial voice · 1 min read

A PlayStation 5 controller. The console it belongs to just became the eighth game platform ever to ship 100 million units. (Osh33m, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The PlayStation 5 passed 100 million units shipped on November 10, the eighth console ever to reach the mark.

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Sony has shipped 100 million PlayStation 5 consoles as of November 10, making it the eighth game platform in history to reach the mark. [PS5 ships 100 million units as of November 10 — report of Sony Interactive Entertainment's official sales data]

The figure, from Sony Interactive Entertainment's official sales data, is up from 97.9 million at September 30. Next in the PS5's sights sit the Wii at 101.63 million shipped and the original PlayStation at 102.49 million. [PS5 ships 100 million units as of November 10 — report of Sony Interactive Entertainment's official sales data]

The table above it is the industry's aristocracy: PlayStation 2 at more than 160 million, Nintendo Switch at 155.98 million sold, Nintendo DS at 154.02 million and PlayStation 4 at 117.20 million. The PS5 has already passed the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. It reached nine figures in the generation's strangest year: in the quarter ended September 30, PS5 unit sales fell 35 percent from a year earlier, Switch 2 sales fell 41 percent, and Xbox hardware revenue fell 14 percent, while software and services carried all three businesses. [The Week in Games: hardware math gets harsher — Atlas360] [GamesMarket Daily, November 5, 2026: console makers' quarterly reports — GamesMarket] [PS5 ships 100 million units as of November 10 — report of Sony Interactive Entertainment's official sales data]

All three makers also raised American prices in 2026, Sony by 100 dollars in April, Microsoft by 150 in August, Nintendo by 50 in September, which makes the milestone a sales figure achieved against a rising price tag rather than a falling one. The next test arrives in eight days: Grand Theft Auto VI launches November 19, its preloads opened November 10 at up to 212 gigabytes, and it is the kind of release that historically sells the hardware all by itself. [The Week in Games: hardware math gets harsher — Atlas360] [GamesMarket Daily, November 5, 2026: console makers' quarterly reports — GamesMarket]

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