Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that more than 3 million PlayStation VR systems have been sold worldwide, along with 21.9 million PS VR games and apps. This is a major milestone for Sony, selling through another million units in the eight months since Black Friday in 2017.
Sony has reached a massive milestone: selling over 500 million systems worldwide since the very first PlayStation. To celebrate, a Limited Edition PS4 Pro will be launching in the coming weeks, limited to just 50k units worldwide.
Naughty Dog has announced a huge milestone for The Last of Us. Marking the 5th anniversary of The Last of Us, Naughty Dog has revealed that the game has sold 17 million copies between the PS3 and PS4. The developers are currently working on the game’s sequel, with a lengthy gameplay trailer released earlier in the week.
Free-to-play title Fortnite has been a massive success for Epic Games. The company has revealed that the game has crossed 125 million players worldwide. The game has enjoyed continued updates, and there are more on the way. The main competitions to look forward to is the Fortnite World Cup.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that God of War has become the fastest selling first party title on the PS4. The game sold 3.1 million copies worldwide in just three days, which also includes digital sales. The previous (known) record holder was Uncharted 4, which sold 2.7 million copies in the first week.
Sony has revealed that Horizon Zero Dawn has sold over 7.6 million units worldwide since launch – which was exactly a year ago. This milestone makes it the most successful first party IP launch on the PS4. Guerrilla Games has a number of things planned for the coming weeks to celebrate this milestone.
Sony has released the latest sales figures for the PS4 following the holiday season. Up to 3rd December 2017, 70.6 million PS4 were sold, but as of 31st December 2017, this figure now stands at 73.6 million units. During the holidays, which Sony categories as 20th November 2017 to 31st December 2017, 5.9 million PS4 consoles were sold.
Sony has announced the latest hardware sales for the PS4 and PlayStation VR following Black Friday. As of 3rd December 2017, the PS4 has sold 70.6 million units worldwide – that’s over 10 million additional units since June 2017. In addition, Sony revealed that sales of the PlayStation VR headset has broken the 2 million mark.
It’s fair to say that the Destiny 2 launch has been largely successful. Not only has the game taken the top spot in the weekly games chart, Bungie has also revealed that the game reached a massive 1.2 million concurrent players online. Aside from that, Sony has acknowledged that the game isn’t working so well on the PS4 Pro.
Sony has confirmed that as of 11th June 2017, 60.4 million PS4 units have been sold worldwide. In addition, combined physical and digital software sales have reached over 487.8 million copies. The latest figures puts Sony on track to reach 70 million by the end of the fiscal year.
