Sony Interactive Entertainment has officially confirmed that PlayStation 5 shipments have surpassed 100 million units worldwide as of November 10, 2026. The milestone comes nearly six years after the console launched in November 2020, making the PS5 the fourth PlayStation home or handheld platform to cross the 100-million-unit threshold.
The figure appears on Sony’s official Business Data & Sales page, which now lists cumulative worldwide PS5 hardware sell-in at more than 100 million units. Unlike estimates from market research firms, the figure comes directly from Sony’s own hardware reporting.
The distinction between shipments and consumer purchases is important. Sony reports sell-in figures, representing hardware distributed through retail channels rather than necessarily purchased by end users. Its hardware figures also include returned and refurbished products.
Sony’s latest milestone follows its September 2026 shipment figures, which placed cumulative PlayStation 5 shipments at approximately 97.9 million units as of September 30.
The updated total indicates that Sony shipped more than 2.1 million additional PS5 consoles between September 30 and November 10, a period of roughly six weeks. Sony has not disclosed a more precise cumulative figure beyond confirming that shipments exceeded 100 million.
The PS5 reached the milestone slightly later than its predecessor. PlayStation 4 crossed 100 million shipments in June 2019, approximately five years and seven months after its November 2013 debut. PlayStation 5 required almost six years to reach the same threshold.
Despite crossing 100 million shipments, the PS5 still trails several earlier PlayStation systems in lifetime hardware sales. Sony’s official historical figures place the original PlayStation at more than 102.4 million units, PlayStation 4 at more than 117 million, and PlayStation 2 at more than 160 million.
The PlayStation 2 remains Sony’s most successful console by cumulative hardware shipments. Meanwhile, PlayStation 5 has already moved ahead of PlayStation 3, which reached more than 87.4 million units, and PlayStation Portable, which exceeded 76.4 million.
Sony’s quarterly hardware figures provide additional context for the latest milestone. During the April-to-June 2026 quarter, the company shipped 1.6 million PS5 consoles worldwide. Shipments increased to 2.6 million units during the July-to-September quarter, bringing the total for the first half of Sony’s 2026 fiscal year to 4.2 million units.
The September financial results also showed continued engagement across Sony’s gaming ecosystem, with approximately 127 million monthly active PlayStation users and more than 1.795 billion cumulative software units shipped across PS4 and PS5 as of September 30, 2026.
The hardware milestone arrives as Sony continues expanding its PlayStation 5 software library and subscription offerings. The November 2026 PlayStation Plus Game Catalog includes additional titles for subscribers, contributing to the platform’s ongoing software ecosystem.
Sony has not provided a specific date for when the PS5 crossed 100 million shipments, only confirming that the total had exceeded that figure by November 10. Its next quarterly financial results should provide a more precise picture of hardware shipments during the remainder of 2026.
