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The PlayStation 4 is a video game console made by Sony that competes in the eighth generation of video game consoles with the Xbox One and the Wii U. It held the record for fastest selling home console at launch, only beaten by its successor, the PlayStation 5 in late 2020. It is currently the 2nd best selling Playstation system and 4th platform overall

Playstation 4 Pro[]

The Playstation 4 Pro is a mid-generation upgrade introduced in November 2016. It is similar to the Xbox One X in being a significant power upgrade over the original Playstation 4 model. While there are no exclusive games as of yet, most games run significantly better on the Pro model, being able to run at 4k visuals.

Sales and Shipments[]

Sales figures tidbits[]

  • Worldwide:
    • August 2013: Over a million pre-orders [2]
    • December, 3 2013: 2.1 million sold [3]
    • December 31, 2013: 4.2 million sold [4]
    • February 8, 2014: 5.3 million sold [5]
    • April 6, 2014: 7 million sold [6]
    • August 10, 2014: 10 million hardware units and 30 million software units sold [7]
    • November 14, 2014: 13.5 million hardware units shipped[8]
    • January 4, 2015: 18.5 million hardware and 81.8 million software sold[9]
    • March 3, 2015: 20.2 million hardware sold[10]
    • March 31, 2015: 22.3 million units shipped[11]
    • June 30, 2015: 25.3 million units shipped[12]
    • September 30, 2015: 29.3 million units shipped[13]
    • November 25, 2015: 30.2 million units sold [14]
    • January 3, 2016: 35.9 million units sold-in [15]
    • March 31, 2016: 40 million units shipped [16]
    • May 22, 2016: 40 million units sold [17]
    • June 30, 2016: 43.5 million units shipped [18]
    • September 30, 2016: 47.4 million units shipped[19]
    • December 6, 2016: 50 million units sold[20]
    • January 1, 2017: 53.4 million units sold[21]
    • March 31, 2017: 60 million shipped[22]
    • June 11, 2017: 60.4 million units sold[23]
    • September 30, 2017: 67.5 million shipped[24]
    • December 6, 2017: 70.6 million sold [25]
    • December 31, 2017: 73.6 million sold and 645.0 million software units sold[26]
    • July 22, 2018: 81.2 million sold[27]
    • December 31, 2018: 91.6 million sold[28]
    • March 31, 2019: 96.8 million[29]
    • June 30, 2019: 100 million[29]
    • September 30, 2019: 102.8 million[30]
    • December 31, 2019: 106 million [31]
    • March 31, 2020: 110.4 million [32]
    • March 31, 2021: 115.9 million [33]
    • March 31, 2022: 117.2 million
  • North America
    • Launch day: 1 million sold [34]
  • UK
    • 48 hours: 250,000 [35]
    • 5 weeks: 530,000 [36]
    • 42 weeks: 1,000,000+ [37]
  • Germany
    • 540k (June 2014) [38]
    • 1 million (October 2014)
    • 1.2 million (November 2014) [39]
    • 1,392,000 (End of 2014 Total)
    • 1.6 million (April 2015) [40]
    • 2.8 million (End of 2015 Total) [41]
    • 3.25 million (June 2016) [42]
  • France
    • 240k (January 2014) [43]
    • 1 million (December 2014)
    • 1.1 million (End of 2014 Total)
    • 2.155 million (End of 2015 Total)[44]
    • 3.221 million (End of 2016 Total)[45]
  • Italy
    • 210k (June 26, 2014) [46]
  • Spain
    • 181k (January 2014)[47]
    • 360k (October 2014)
    • 700k (June 2015)[48]
    • >2 million (January 2018)[49]
  • Portugal
  • Poland
    • almost 100k (September 2014) [51]
  • South Africa
    • 40k (10 months) [52]

Best Selling Game[]

Marvel's Spider-Man

References[]

  1. https://www.sie.com/en/corporate/data.html
  2. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/20/sony-says-playstation-4-launches-nov-15/
  3. http://web.archive.org/web/20131210113732/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/12/03/ps4-global-sales-update/
  4. http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/07/ces-playstation-4-sales-pass-42-million
  5. http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/18/5421644/sony-ps4-sales-5-3-million
  6. http://gematsu.com/2014/04/playstation-4-sales-top-seven-million-worldwide
  7. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-10-million-units-worldwide-270947031.html
  8. https://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/11/14/playstation-4-turns-one/#sf5776022
  9. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=965548
  10. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-202-million-units-worldwide-300045019.html
  11. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-ships-22-3-million-units-worldwide/1100-6427007/
  12. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-ships-253-million-units-worldwide/1100-6429318/
  13. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-10-29-huge-ps4-sales-continue
  14. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/25/9797964/ps4-sales-worldwide-30-million
  15. https://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/160105_e.html
  16. http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/04/28/sony-sells-17-7-million-ps4-units-in-fiscal-year-2015/
  17. https://www.playstation.com/en-us/corporate/press-releases/2016/playstation-4-sales-surpass-40-million-units-worldwide/
  18. http://www.venturebeat.com/2016/07/29/sony-has-shipped-43-5-million-playstation-4s-to-retailers/
  19. https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/11/01/sony-financials-ps4-sales-ships-3-9-million-units-bringing-lifetime-total-to-47-4-million/
  20. https://www.polygon.com/2016/12/7/13868506/ps4-sales-50-million-playstation-4
  21. http://gematsu.com/2017/01/ps4-sells-6-2-million-units-2016-holiday-season-worldwide-sales-top-53-4-million
  22. https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/28/15469376/ps4-sales-60-million-units-shipped
  23. https://www.twst.com/update/sony-corporation-playstation4-sales-surpass-60-4-million-units-worldwide/
  24. https://www.dualshockers.com/ps4-sales-september-30th/
  25. http://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release/2017/171207.html
  26. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playstation-4-sells-59-million-units-worldwide-during-the-2017-holiday-season-300579105.html
  27. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named sales
  28. https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/19q1_supplement.pdf
  29. 29.0 29.1 https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/30/sony-has-sold-100-million-playstation-4-consoles/
  30. https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/30/ps4-lifetime-sales-rise-above-100-million
  31. <a href="https://fortune.com/2020/01/07/best-selling-video-game-console-playstation-4-sales-ps5-ces2020/">
  32. https://www.gematsu.com/2020/05/ps4-worldwide-shipments-top-110-4-million
  33. https://gamingbolt.com/ps4-worldwide-shipments-hit-115-9-million-units
  34. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/17/playstation-4-sales-pass-1-million-in-north-america/]
  35. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ps4-beats-xbox-one-to-become-uks-fastest-ever-selling-console-8977399.html
  36. http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps4-outsold-xbox-one-by-166-000-consoles-in-uk-last-year/0126321
  37. http://www.joystiq.com/2014/09/09/playstation-4-surpasses-1-million-sales-in-the-uk/
  38. http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-Aktie-Japaner-ziehen-in-Deutschland-mit-der-PS4-Microsofts-Xbox-One-davon-1000231563
  39. http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-Aktie-PS4-baut-in-Deutschland-Vorsprung-gegenueber-der-Xbox-One-weiter-aus-1000412979/1
  40. http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-zieht-mit-der-PS4-in-Deutschland-der-Xbox-One-von-Microsoft-davon-1000608188
  41. http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-baut-mit-PS4-Vorsprung-gegenueber-Xbox-One-in-Deutschland-aus-EA-bei-Spielen-Nummer-1-1001006014
  42. http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Spielekonsolen-Sony-zockt-Microsoft-mit-der-PS4-in-Deutschland-ab-1001354158
  43. http://www.gameblog.fr/news/40613-ps4-xbox-one-en-france-les-vrais-chiffres-de-vente
  44. http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/2016/01/21/32001-20160121ARTFIG00271-la-playstation-4-a-ete-la-console-la-plus-vendue-en-france-en-2015.php
  45. http://www.gameblog.fr/news/66340-ps4-xbox-one-wii-u-3ds-ps-vita-voici-tous-les-chiffres-franc
  46. http://www.e-duesse.it/News/Videogiochi/700-mila-console-next-gen-in-Italia-entro-la-fine-del-2014-173355
  47. http://blog.es.playstation.com/2014/01/31/charlamos-con-james-armstrong/#nnn
  48. http://www.elotrolado.net/noticia_sony-ha-vendido-700-000-ps4-y-600-000-ps-vita-en-espana-actualizada_26668
  49. https://www.gamereactor.es/articulos/468583/Sorpasso+en+Espana+ya+hay+mas+Nintendo+Switch+que+Xbox+One/
  50. http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/playstation-e-a-consola-mais-vendida-em-portugal_185320.html
  51. http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,96455,16592995,Wedlug_Sony_w_Polsce_bedzie_niebawem_100_tysiecy_konsol.html
  52. http://mygaming.co.za/news/ps4/69955-playstation-at-over-9000-in-south-africa.html
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