PS5 officially passes 100 million consoles shipped
Sony says PS5 has shipped more than 100 million consoles as of November 10, nearly six years after launch and a week before GTA 6 arrives.
11th Nov 2026 13:45
Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment
PS5 officially passes 100 million consoles shipped
Sony says PS5 has shipped more than 100 million consoles as of November 10, nearly six years after launch and a week before GTA 6 arrives.
11th Nov 2026 13:45
Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment
PS5 has officially joined the 100 million club, as Sony Interactive Entertainment says it has now shipped more than 100 million consoles worldwide, just over a week before GTA 6 arrives.
The milestone appeared on Sony's official business data page today (November 11), which lists PS5's cumulative sell-in (that's consoles shipped to shops, rather than ones already sat under tellies) at "more than 100 million" as of November 10, 2026, almost exactly six years after the console launched in November 2020.
The 100 million club gets a new member
Going by Sony's own quarterly figures, PS5 had shipped roughly 97.9 million units by the end of September, with 2.6 million of those coming between July and September, so it's moved at least another couple of million in the six weeks since. That puts it alongside PS2 (more than 160 million), PS4 (more than 117 million) and the original PlayStation (more than 102.4 million), making it the fourth PlayStation console to pass the 100 million mark.
It hasn't quite kept pace with its predecessor, though, as VGC points out that PS4 hit the same milestone in June 2019, around five years and seven months after launch, although PS5 did spend its early days battling supply shortages and costs quite a bit more. VGC also notes that only seven consoles have ever shipped more than 100 million units, all of them made by Nintendo or Sony, with PS2 still sitting comfortably at the top of the pile.
GTA 6 is about to give it a nudge
The timing works out rather nicely for Sony, with GTA 6 launching on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19 and already confirmed as the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation Store history. VGC reckons that launch, along with a potentially longer life for current hardware, could yet give PS5 sales a lift, and reports that Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki has said the company still hasn't decided on a release date for PS6.
If you're one of those 100 million and wondering how GTA 6 will look on your console, we've covered the PS5 and PS5 Pro details in our GTA 6 performance piece. Well, that's a lot of DualSense controllers to lose down the back of the sofa.
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