to sony It was always an honor to own the best selling console of all time. The PlayStation 2not only won some of the greatest games of all time, but also sold over155 million consoles worldwide. This is an impressive feat that no other console has been able to break, but some have come close. The Nintendo DS reached 150 million sales, and the original Gameboy sits at 118 million units.
After them is another console of the Japanese gaming giant, the PlayStation 2 is not the only product that brought fame to Sony, the PlayStation 4 was also huge when it comes to games and sales reports, and sold over 117 million consoles sold worldwide, and is in fourth place in the world in sales (as Apparently the switch will be bypassed in the future). Now it looks like that number will likely remain the last official sales figure to come out of Sony, after a company spokesperson said that they will stop reporting sales of the console, indicating that production of the console will end soon.
Additionally, it indicates that Sony has decided to focus solely on the PlayStation 5 and nurture the console as much as it can. Given the worldwide shortage of units, they will have to step up their pace a lot. Last year, the PlayStation 4 only sold 100,000 units sold. Meaning the low sales showed Sony that it was finally time to move on from the old era and embrace the next generation of gaming.
Sony is no longer reporting PS4 shipments which means the final total for the console is ~117.2 million as of March 2022. pic.twitter.com/hWHv7NZ6RL
— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 10, 2022
On the other side of the console market, Microsoft It stopped reporting sales figures for its hardware several years ago, which meant that for years we had nothing but estimates to really compare. However, recently, Microsoft did reveal a lot about the final sales amount for the Xbox One.
The company is currently defending the acquisition Activision Blizzard In Brazil, and in documents filed with authorities discussing the company’s competition with Sony in the console field, she said, “Sony surpassed Microsoft in terms of console sales and install base,” adding that the PlayStation 4 sold “more than twice as many units” as the Xbox One during the console’s generation. the previous. That would put the Xbox One somewhere in the range of 50 million units, which is roughly what analysts were estimating as well.
Eventually, we’ll have to say goodbye to PS4 in a year or two and move on to next-gen consoles because they’re the present and future of gaming. Also, when the big new titles aren’t released for PlayStation 4, users will have to make that transition, but that’s the way the world works, unfortunately. What is certain is, the PlayStation 4 has had quite a successful journey.