{"id":3005822,"date":"2016-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:d6251d35-a883-4964-b9dd-ca00348d6c1e"},"modified":"2016-12-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:00:00","slug":"playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass \n50 Million Units Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

SAN MATEO, CA, December 7, 2016<\/b> \u2013 Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) has cumulatively sold through more than 50 million units*1<\/sup> to consumers worldwide as of December 6, 2016, having enjoyed the best ever Black Friday week*2<\/sup> in the history of PlayStation\u00ae. This includes the sales of PlayStation\u00ae4 Pro (PS4\u2122Pro), a high-end system that supports cutting-edge imaging technology, which launched last month.<\/p>\n

With a vast array of exciting software titles from 3rd party developers and publishers as well as from SIE Worldwide Studios (SIE WWS), PS4 software sales also remain strong, with more than 369.6 million copies*3<\/sup> sold in retail stores globally and through digital downloads on PlayStation\u00aeStore as of December 4, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re truly delighted that the PS4 community continues to flourish since launch three years ago.\u201d said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. \u201cWith tremendous support from our fans and partners across the globe, this year we were able to deliver an unprecedented lineup of hardware such as the new slimmer PS4, PS4 Pro and PlayStation VR. We will continue to provide the best gaming experiences available through our ground-breaking software lineup and network services, as we focus on accelerating our business and expanding the PS4 ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

PS4\u2019s software portfolio will continue to grow this holiday season and beyond with highly anticipated games including Resident Evil 7 biohazard <\/i>(CAPCOM CO., LTD.), FINAL FANTASY XV <\/i>(SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.), Ryu Ga Gotoku 6\u3000Inochi no Uta. <\/i>(SEGA Games Co., Ltd.), The Last Guardian<\/i>, Gravity Rush 2<\/i>, Horizon Zero Dawn<\/i>, and PlayStation\u00aeVR games such as  Here They Lie <\/i>(SIE WWS). The independent development community will also continue to deliver a variety of innovative new titles for PS4 including Touhou  Shinpiroku \uff5e Urban Legend in Limbo.<\/i> (SUNFISH Co., Ltd.), The Witness<\/i> (Thekla, Inc.). *4<\/sup><\/p>\n

SIE will continue to expand the world of PS4 to deliver entertainment experiences that are only possible on PlayStation.<\/p>\n

The PS4 system is currently available in 123 countries and regions*5<\/sup> worldwide.<\/p>\n

###<\/i><\/p>\n

    \n
  • *1<\/span>Number of retail sales to consumers is estimated by SIE. Sales data in Japan collected 2\/22\/2014 \u2013 12\/6\/2016, in North America collected 11\/15\/2013 \u2013 12\/6\/2016, in Europe and Latin America collected 11\/29\/2013 \u2013 12\/6\/2016, and in Asia collected 12\/17\/2013 \u2013 12\/6\/2016.<\/li>\n
  • *2<\/span>11\/21\/2016 \u2013 11\/27\/2016.<\/li>\n
  • *3<\/span>Number of retail sales to consumers is estimated by SIE. Sales data in Japan collected 2\/22\/2014 \u2013 12\/4\/2016, in North America collected 11\/15\/2013 \u2013 12\/3\/2016, in Europe collected 11\/29\/2013 \u2013 12\/4\/2016, in Latin America collected 11\/29\/2013 \u2013 12\/3\/2016, and in Asia collected 12\/17\/2013 \u2013 12\/4\/2016. Does not include add-on content.<\/li>\n
  • *4<\/span>Title line-up differs by region.<\/li>\n
  • *5<\/span>Number as of 12\/06\/2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/p>\n

    About Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/h3>\n

    Recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is responsible for the PlayStation\u00ae brand and family of products and services. PlayStation has delivered innovation to the market since the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. The PlayStation family of products and services include PlayStation\u00ae4, PlayStation\u00aeVR, PlayStation\u00aeVita, PlayStation\u00ae3, PlayStation\u00aeStore, PlayStation\u00aePlus, PlayStation\u2122Video, PlayStation\u2122Music, PlayStation\u2122Now, PlayStation\u2122Vue, PlayStation\u00aeOriginal and acclaimed PlayStation software titles from SIE Worldwide Studios. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, SIE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation and has global functions and regional headquarters in California, London and Tokyo.<\/p>\n

    \u201cPlayStation\u201d is a registered trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. \u201cPS4\u201d is a trademark of the same company.
    \nAll other trademarks are property of their respective owners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    \n
    \n
    \n

    Readers are advised that the press releases and other information posted on this site are current only on their original publication date. Please note that such press releases and other information may now be outdated or rendered inaccurate due to passage of time or subsequent material changes in facts and circumstance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","byline":[140],"class_list":["post-3005822","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry","post-playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide"],"ab_tests":{},"yoast_head":"\nPlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide - Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SAN MATEO, CA, December 7, 2016 \u2013 Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) has cumulatively sold through more than 50 million units*1 to consumers worldwide as of December 6, 2016, having enjoyed the best ever Black Friday week*2 in the history of PlayStation\u00ae. This includes the sales of PlayStation\u00ae4 Pro (PS4\u2122Pro), a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sony Interactive Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Sony Interactive Entertainment\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/press-releases\\\/2016\\\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/press-releases\\\/2016\\\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\\\/\",\"name\":\"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide - Sony Interactive Entertainment\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-07T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/press-releases\\\/2016\\\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/press-releases\\\/2016\\\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/press-releases\\\/2016\\\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sony Interactive Entertainment\",\"description\":\"Pushing the Boundaries of Play\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sonyinteractive.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide - Sony Interactive Entertainment","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide","og_description":"SAN MATEO, CA, December 7, 2016 \u2013 Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced that PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) has cumulatively sold through more than 50 million units*1 to consumers worldwide as of December 6, 2016, having enjoyed the best ever Black Friday week*2 in the history of PlayStation\u00ae. This includes the sales of PlayStation\u00ae4 Pro (PS4\u2122Pro), a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/","og_site_name":"Sony Interactive Entertainment","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes","Written by":"Sony Interactive Entertainment"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/","url":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/","name":"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide - Sony Interactive Entertainment","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-12-07T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2016\/playstation4-ps4-sales-surpass-50-million-units-worldwide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PlayStation\u00ae4 (PS4\u2122) Sales Surpass 50 Million Units Worldwide"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/","name":"Sony Interactive Entertainment","description":"Pushing the Boundaries of Play","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/3005822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3005822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=3005822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}