Sony Confirms PlayStation 5 sales pass 100 million units worldwide

Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed that PlayStation 5 lifetime sales passed 100 million units worldwide as of November 10, 2026, through an update to its Business Data & Sales page. Sony updated the page on November 11, 2026, days before Grand Theft Auto 6 launches worldwide on November 19, 2026. The announcement follows Sony Group’s Q2 2026 financial report. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “Shacknews”, “Gematsu”])

Sony’s Q2 2026 financial report, published November 5, 2026, showed PlayStation 5 shipments reached 97.9 million units as of September 30, 2026. The report covered the three months ended September 30, 2026, and provided the baseline from which Sony measured the additional sales needed to reach the nine-figure mark six weeks later. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “Gematsu”, “PlayStation Universe”])

PlayStation 5 added 2.1 million units to its lifetime sales between September 30 and November 10, 2026, a period Sony described as 40 days starting October 1. The jump from 97.9 million to more than 100 million occurred in roughly six weeks, led in part by consumer interest ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6‘s November 19 release. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “Gematsu”])

Games drove PlayStation 5 sales throughout the console’s lifecycle, and Grand Theft Auto 6 gave the console another boost before launch, though it is not the only game behind the milestone. Sony says Grand Theft Auto 6 appears to be driving the recent PlayStation 5 sales surge, and the game’s marketing features “Plays Best on PS5” branding prominently. Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch worldwide on November 19, 2026. (cite_list: [”Beebom”])

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, combined PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 software sales came to 88.2 million units, up 7.9 million units from the previous fiscal year. First-party games accounted for 8.2 million units of that software total, up 1.9 million units from a year earlier. Sony disclosed both figures as part of its Q2 2026 financial results. (cite_list: [”PlayStation Universe”])

Sony reported 127 million monthly active PlayStation users as of September 30, 2026. The user base figure appeared alongside the Q2 financial results and indicates the scale of the connected install base that publishers can target with holiday releases such as Grand Theft Auto 6. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “PlayStation Universe”])

Sony sold 2.6 million PlayStation 5 units during the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, down from 4 million units in the same quarter of fiscal year 2025. The quarterly hardware decline came even as overall lifetime sales continued to climb toward the 100 million unit threshold before the holiday quarter. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “Shacknews”, “PlayStation Universe”])

Sony Chief Financial Officer Lin Tao said PlayStation 6 development is “progressing as scheduled.” The comment appeared in Sony’s Q2 2026 financial report and signals that the successor platform remains on track even as the current generation approaches the 100 million unit mark. (cite_list: [”Beebom”])

Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Business Data & Sales page does not differentiate between the various editions of the PlayStation 5. The page breaks down quarterly results across all fiscal years of the console’s release. (cite_list: [”Shacknews”])

PlayStation 5 launched in November 2020. It was not readily available at retailers for more than 18 months because pandemic lockdowns and a lack of manufacturing components caused stock shortages, and scalpers resold restocks on eBay. (cite_list: [”PlayStation Universe”])

The sales page lists historical sales figures for Sony’s previous home consoles alongside the PlayStation 5 total. PlayStation 2 sold 160 million units as of March 31, 2012. PlayStation 3 sold 87.4 million units as of March 31, 2017. (cite_list: [”Shacknews”])

Sony’s Q3 2026 financial report, due next year, will reveal the true impact of Grand Theft Auto 6 on PlayStation 5 sales. Sony’s Q2 report preceded the Grand Theft Auto 6 launch, so the complete effect on hardware demand was not yet measured. The next quarterly report will show whether PlayStation 5 sales exceed the 7.9 million units sold in Q3 FY2025 ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6’s release. Shacknews said watchers should monitor next quarter’s reports because many consumers appear to be adopting PlayStation 5 consoles ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6’s release. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “Shacknews”])

PlayStation 5 sales show no signs of stopping despite the PS Blackout boycott and debate around Sony ending PS5 physical discs starting in 2028. Sony cited the milestone as evidence of continued demand despite consumer protests and the announced end of physical disc models in 2028. Shacknews noted that despite the AI bubble squeezing technology prices and stock and inflation, the PlayStation 5 exceeded 100 million units sold since its 2020 release. (cite_list: [”Beebom”, “Shacknews”, “PlayStation Universe”])