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
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- 210k (June 26, 2014) [46]
- Spain
- Portugal
- 21k (2013 LTD)[50]
- Poland
- almost 100k (September 2014) [51]
- South Africa
- 40k (10 months) [52]
Best Selling Game[]
Marvel's Spider-Man
References[]
- ↑ https://www.sie.com/en/corporate/data.html
- ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/20/sony-says-playstation-4-launches-nov-15/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20131210113732/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/12/03/ps4-global-sales-update/
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/07/ces-playstation-4-sales-pass-42-million
- ↑ http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/18/5421644/sony-ps4-sales-5-3-million
- ↑ http://gematsu.com/2014/04/playstation-4-sales-top-seven-million-worldwide
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-10-million-units-worldwide-270947031.html
- ↑ https://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/11/14/playstation-4-turns-one/#sf5776022
- ↑ http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=965548
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-202-million-units-worldwide-300045019.html
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-ships-22-3-million-units-worldwide/1100-6427007/
- ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-ships-253-million-units-worldwide/1100-6429318/
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-10-29-huge-ps4-sales-continue
- ↑ http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/25/9797964/ps4-sales-worldwide-30-million
- ↑ https://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/160105_e.html
- ↑ http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/04/28/sony-sells-17-7-million-ps4-units-in-fiscal-year-2015/
- ↑ https://www.playstation.com/en-us/corporate/press-releases/2016/playstation-4-sales-surpass-40-million-units-worldwide/
- ↑ http://www.venturebeat.com/2016/07/29/sony-has-shipped-43-5-million-playstation-4s-to-retailers/
- ↑ https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/11/01/sony-financials-ps4-sales-ships-3-9-million-units-bringing-lifetime-total-to-47-4-million/
- ↑ https://www.polygon.com/2016/12/7/13868506/ps4-sales-50-million-playstation-4
- ↑ http://gematsu.com/2017/01/ps4-sells-6-2-million-units-2016-holiday-season-worldwide-sales-top-53-4-million
- ↑ https://www.polygon.com/2017/4/28/15469376/ps4-sales-60-million-units-shipped
- ↑ https://www.twst.com/update/sony-corporation-playstation4-sales-surpass-60-4-million-units-worldwide/
- ↑ https://www.dualshockers.com/ps4-sales-september-30th/
- ↑ http://www.sie.com/en/corporate/release/2017/171207.html
- ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/playstation-4-sells-59-million-units-worldwide-during-the-2017-holiday-season-300579105.html
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- ↑ https://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/19q1_supplement.pdf
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/30/sony-has-sold-100-million-playstation-4-consoles/
- ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/30/ps4-lifetime-sales-rise-above-100-million
- ↑ <a href="https://fortune.com/2020/01/07/best-selling-video-game-console-playstation-4-sales-ps5-ces2020/">
- ↑ https://www.gematsu.com/2020/05/ps4-worldwide-shipments-top-110-4-million
- ↑ https://gamingbolt.com/ps4-worldwide-shipments-hit-115-9-million-units
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/17/playstation-4-sales-pass-1-million-in-north-america/]
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/ps4-beats-xbox-one-to-become-uks-fastest-ever-selling-console-8977399.html
- ↑ http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps4-outsold-xbox-one-by-166-000-consoles-in-uk-last-year/0126321
- ↑ http://www.joystiq.com/2014/09/09/playstation-4-surpasses-1-million-sales-in-the-uk/
- ↑ http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-Aktie-Japaner-ziehen-in-Deutschland-mit-der-PS4-Microsofts-Xbox-One-davon-1000231563
- ↑ http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-Aktie-PS4-baut-in-Deutschland-Vorsprung-gegenueber-der-Xbox-One-weiter-aus-1000412979/1
- ↑ http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-zieht-mit-der-PS4-in-Deutschland-der-Xbox-One-von-Microsoft-davon-1000608188
- ↑ http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Sony-baut-mit-PS4-Vorsprung-gegenueber-Xbox-One-in-Deutschland-aus-EA-bei-Spielen-Nummer-1-1001006014
- ↑ http://www.boerse-online.de/nachrichten/aktien/Spielekonsolen-Sony-zockt-Microsoft-mit-der-PS4-in-Deutschland-ab-1001354158
- ↑ http://www.gameblog.fr/news/40613-ps4-xbox-one-en-france-les-vrais-chiffres-de-vente
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.gameblog.fr/news/66340-ps4-xbox-one-wii-u-3ds-ps-vita-voici-tous-les-chiffres-franc
- ↑ http://www.e-duesse.it/News/Videogiochi/700-mila-console-next-gen-in-Italia-entro-la-fine-del-2014-173355
- ↑ http://blog.es.playstation.com/2014/01/31/charlamos-con-james-armstrong/#nnn
- ↑ http://www.elotrolado.net/noticia_sony-ha-vendido-700-000-ps4-y-600-000-ps-vita-en-espana-actualizada_26668
- ↑ https://www.gamereactor.es/articulos/468583/Sorpasso+en+Espana+ya+hay+mas+Nintendo+Switch+que+Xbox+One/
- ↑ http://economico.sapo.pt/noticias/playstation-e-a-consola-mais-vendida-em-portugal_185320.html
- ↑ http://polygamia.pl/Polygamia/1,96455,16592995,Wedlug_Sony_w_Polsce_bedzie_niebawem_100_tysiecy_konsol.html
- ↑ http://mygaming.co.za/news/ps4/69955-playstation-at-over-9000-in-south-africa.html
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