Sony’s PlayStation 5 has hit a new sales milestone in Japan, according to the latest Famitsu charts. It’s sold over two million units in its lifetime since launching in November 2020.
The total is between the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition. The former recently sold 26,238 units for 1,749,737 lifetime sales, while the latter sold 2,423 units for 278,046 lifetime sales. This comes to 2,027,783 units sold-in since launch, following the console reaching two million units sold in the United Kingdom.
As per Sony’s quarterly briefing for the three months ending on June 30th, 2022, it’s shipped 21.7 million PS5 units worldwide, with 2.4 million units shipped in the first fiscal quarter. The company is reportedly aiming to sell-in 30 million units in the 2023 fiscal year, beginning April 1st, 2023 and ending on March 30th, 2024. Sales would reportedly be driven by the rumored new model with a detachable disc drive. Stay tuned for more details, as always, in the coming months.
