Quick answer: Sony says the PS5 has passed 100 million units shipped worldwide (sell-in to retailers, not sales to players) as of November 10, 2026. That makes it the fourth PlayStation console past 100 million, after PS1, PS2 and PS4. Current as of November 11, 2026.
The PS5 is officially in the 100 million club. Sony Interactive Entertainment updated its Business Data and Sales page this week, and the PlayStation 5 line now reads “More than 100 million (As of November 10, 2026)” under cumulative worldwide hardware unit sales.
Shipped, not sold
One detail matters here. Sony counts sell-in, meaning consoles shipped to stores and distributors, not consoles bought by players. Sony’s quarterly table also notes the figures include returned and refurbished products. So the real number of PS5s in homes is a bit lower, though the gap usually closes fast in a busy holiday window.
How fast it got there
Last week, Sony’s earnings report put the PS5 at 97.9 million as of September 30, after shipping 2.6 million consoles in the July to September quarter. Getting past 100 million by November 10 means roughly 2.1 million or more shipped in about six weeks, a sign retailers are stocking up for the holidays.
That pace is still softer than past years. Sony’s table shows 4.2 million PS5s shipped from April to September 2026, down from 6.5 million in the same stretch of 2025. The October to December quarter has been the PS5’s biggest every year since launch, peaking at 9.5 million in 2024.
Where PS5 ranks among PlayStation consoles
- PlayStation 2: more than 160 million
- PlayStation 4: more than 117 million
- PlayStation: more than 102.4 million
- PlayStation 5: more than 100 million
- PlayStation 3: more than 87.4 million
- PSP: more than 76.4 million
The original PlayStation is next in line, only about 2.4 million units ahead.
Why the timing works for Sony
The milestone lands right before the PS5’s sixth anniversary on November 12, and a week before the biggest launch of the year. Grand Theft Auto VI arrives on November 19, and Sony and Microsoft both say it is already the most pre-ordered game in their store history. In Japan, a new PS5 Digital Edition in Midnight Black also launches that same day for 55,000 yen.
Our take: 100 million in under six years is a strong result for a console that spent its first two years fighting shortages. With GTA 6 arriving in the middle of the PS5’s strongest quarter of the year, passing the original PlayStation’s 102.4 million looks like a matter of weeks or months, not years.
Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Business Data and Sales page (PS5 more than 100 million as of November 10, 2026; quarterly sell-in table); PlayStation Blog Japan (Midnight Black and sixth anniversary). Also reported by GamesRadar+, Push Square, PlayStation Universe and Game*Spark. Image: official PS5 Digital Edition Midnight Black product image, Sony Interactive Entertainment, via PlayStation Blog.
