Although it is still difficult to find today since its launch, PlayStation 5 reached new peaks in sales, surpassing the milestone of 3.3 million copies sold within the second half of the current year, coinciding with the end of last September, reaching i 13.4 million since release.
Although its debut dates back to almost a year ago, more precisely in November 2020, and above all that the console is still difficult to find today, sales have been booming. Already last August in the UK, according to the results of an official analysis of the GFK (Growth From Knowledge), PS5 has passed the million mark of copies sold last August.
During the four weeks of the summer month, in fact, in English it sold more than 151,500 units within the territory, surpassing even the Nintendo Switch which during the season saw a slight decline, while the third place is occupied by Xbox Series S / X.
Now, speaking of international data, sales reached 13.4 million at the end of September, achieving another milestone for the PlayStation 5. In a recent earnings report, Sony said thanks it sold 76.4 million PS4 and PS5 games in the same amount of time, a small drop from 81.8 million a year ago. .
The company also shared data relating to subscribers to the service PlayStatoin Plus, which currently amount to 47.2 million, even more than last year, where they had reached 45.9 million. As for the PlayStation Network, the number of monthly active users was found to be 104 million, this time less than the 108 million in 2020.
As for the best-selling titles for PlayStation 4 and 5, we find at the top of the podium God of War with 19.5 million copies sold, followed by Horizon Zero Dawn with 10 million and with Marvel’s Spider-Man in third place with 13.2 million.
Remaining on the subject of goals, the Sony console also won gold at the Good Design Award 2021, an event promoted by the Japanese government, standing out for innovation, design and cleanliness.
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