PS4 has one other bumper vacation season, and right here’s Sony with all of the completely satisfied numbers to show it – a CES custom.
Sony shifted 6 million PS4 and PS4 Pro consoles between the top of November and December 31 2017, Sony introduced at CES 2018 in Las Vegas right now.
That a slight drop on 6.2 milion PS4 sales in the same period in 2016, however nonetheless very wholesome given there’s been no additional hardware refresh within the meantime.
Global lifetime PS4 gross sales now stand at 73.6 million as of December 31. The new up to date lifetime and vacation figures observe on from a very strong November for PS4 (the second yr in a row PlayStation has had cause to celebrate November sales figures).
Beyond hardware, PlayStation had a bunch of different wins, too. December noticed PlayStation Store gross sales attain a brand new report excessive, whereas PlayStation sport gross sales hit 55.9 million throughout retail and digital – a 5.5 million year-on-year improve – bringing lifetime PS4 sport gross sales to 645 million.
There are actually 31.5 million PlayStation Plus subscribers, too, so Sony’s obtained cash coming in from all instructions.
Sony typically releases PlayStation gross sales figures at CES, however we additionally not too long ago heard from Nintendo concerning the Switch’s new record as fastest-selling console in US history. Microsoft gave up reporting Xbox One gross sales figures years in the past, sadly, and except Scorpio completely knocked socks off that’s unlikely to alter.
In any case, the end-of-year and December NPD is gonna be attention-grabbing. Look for that later this month.
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