ALEX BROWN
The PlayStation 5 has hit nine figures. Sony Interactive Entertainment updated its official business data page on November 10, 2026 to list the PS5 at more than 100 million units, according to Shacknews. That makes it only the fourth PlayStation home console to reach the milestone, joining the original PlayStation, PS2 and PS4, just over six years after its November 2020 launch and days before GTA 6 arrives.
What exactly did Sony announce?
This was not a splashy press release. Sony quietly updated the sales table on its corporate site, which now shows PS5 at “100+ million.” The page does not break the number down by model, so it includes the standard PS5, the Digital Edition, the slimmer redesigns and the PS5 Pro. As with most Sony hardware milestones, it is generally understood as units shipped to retailers rather than consoles in players’ homes, although the page itself does not specify.
The milestone was expected. Sony’s latest quarterly results earlier this month showed the console approaching 100 million, with several outlets putting the cumulative total near 98 million at the end of September.
How the PS5 compares with other PlayStations
- PlayStation 2: 160 million (the best-selling console ever)
- PlayStation 4: 117+ million
- PlayStation: 102.4 million
- PlayStation 5: 100+ million and counting
- PlayStation 3: 87.4 million
The PS5 has already passed the PS3’s lifetime total and is within striking distance of the original PlayStation. Catching the PS4 will depend on how long Sony keeps it at the center of its business, especially with a former PlayStation boss recently musing about a possible PS6 handheld.
Sales have slowed this year
The road to 100 million has not been smooth. Shacknews notes Sony shipped 2.6 million PS5s in its July–September quarter, down from 4 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Six years into a console generation, that kind of slowdown is normal. Software has carried more of the load: TweakTown reports Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine reached 1.9 million sales, making it Sony’s top first-party game of 2026.
Why GTA 6 matters for the PS5
The timing could hardly be better. Grand Theft Auto VI launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only, and Sony says it is already the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation Store history. PS5 Pro owners get PSSR upscaling and extra ray-traced features, though Rockstar has confirmed the game targets 30 frames per second on every console. If GTA 6 drives the kind of hardware sales GTA V did in its day, the next milestone may come faster than the last.
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Sources: Shacknews, Insider Gaming, GameRiv, PC Gamer.