Sony Says PS5 Is the 'Most Successful' PlayStation Generation Ever, Making $136 Billion in Sales So Far

Sony has called the PS5 its astir financially palmy console procreation to date. This was revealed by Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Hideaki Nishino during his caller keynote speech, delivered successful Japanese astatine Tokyo Game Show.

According to Nishino’s presentation, Sony's Game & Network Services (G&NS) division, which includes Sony Interactive Entertainment, has generated $136 cardinal successful income during the PS5 procreation truthful acold (2020 onwards). This suppasses income made during the reign of each erstwhile Sony consoles, making the PS5 the “most palmy procreation to date.”

In comparison, G&NS made $107 cardinal from 2013-2019, aka the PS4 generation. The graph revealed that, implicit the past 31 years since the archetypal PS1’s launch, each consequent console procreation has brought successful much wealth than the last. For reference, income during the PS3 lifecycle were $71 billion, the PS2 $44 billion, and the PS1 $24 billion.

It's worthy noting Sony clarified that the gross figures are based connected the mean U.S. dollar / yen speech complaint during each console era, and accounting standards transitioned from U.S. GAAP to IFRS aft 2020.

It should beryllium emphasized that these gross figures encompass income crossed the full G&NS concern during the clip periods successful question. So, that immense $136 cardinal successful income during the PS5 procreation volition see wealth Sony continues to marque from PS4 hardware and software.

Although the PS5 is seemingly “the astir palmy generation,” the console itself has had its terms hiked up galore times crossed antithetic regions, with Sony often citing the “challenging economical environment" among the reasons. Most recently, successful August, PS5 consoles got a $50 terms bump successful the U.S.

Despite the backlash that these increases person generated, it seems that the PS5 is continuing to prime up caller users. According to Sony’s astir caller income data, PS5 consoles person sold an estimated combined full of implicit 80.3 cardinal units worldwide (as of June 30, 2025). However full PS4 console portion income inactive outnumber this, astatine 117.2 million.

“We deliberation that PlayStation is not lone the hardware, not lone the games but the wide experience,” explained Nishino, who went connected to picture PlayStation arsenic an ecosystem that connects players and creators. His keynote code besides covered successful item however the PlayStation Store had continued to germinate since its archetypal motorboat alongside the PS3 backmost successful 2006. “With the improvement of the Store, we person continued to propulsion the limits of play,” Nishino noted. “We strive to beryllium the champion spot for players to play, and for creators to publish.”

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Although Nishino failed to specify however PlayStation services volition germinate successful the future, helium did notation utilizing idiosyncratic information to supply a much idiosyncratic acquisition for players and to let publishers to marketplace games to their people assemblage much easily. He added that Sony is moving connected strategies to maximize maturation for each benignant of crippled contented (which it defines arsenic Full Game, P2P Live Service, and F2P Live Services).

As good arsenic mentioning however the PlayStation Store allows creators to marque their games disposable to players astir the globe, Nishino besides specifically addressed the Japanese publishers successful attendance astatine TGS, saying: “I judge that the request for Japanese games is connected the emergence worldwide. Japanese publishers person been indispensable to the PlayStation’s occurrence since the precise beginning, and we powerfully judge that they volition proceed to beryllium so. Going forward, we would similar to proceed to beryllium a hub for disseminating fantabulous Japanese contented to the world.”

What of the future? We’re astir 5 years into the existent console lifecycle — for Microsoft and Sony that is — and truthful it is possibly inevitable that credible rumors astir what some companies person up their sleeves successful presumption of hardware are ramping up. This latest rumor suggests Sony plans to travel the PS5 with a PlayStation 6 handheld arsenic good arsenic a accepted location console.

Verity Townsend is simply a Japan-based freelance writer who antecedently served arsenic editor, contributor and translator for the crippled quality tract Automaton West. She has besides written astir Japanese civilization and movies for assorted publications.