January 5, 2015

PlayStation 4 sells 18.5 million consoles worldwide, 4.1 million during the holiday season

According to a recent press release from Sony, the company’s newest game console has sold 18.5 million units worldwide.

4.1 million of these sales occurred during the 2014 holiday shopping season between Nov. 23, 2014 and Jan. 4, 2015. Sony’s last PlayStation 4 sales update came in August when the company stated it sold more than 10 million consoles to customers.

Back in October Sony’s financial report revealed the company shipped 13.5 million PS4 consoles to retailers. Sony also revealed that 81.8 million PS4 games have been sold since the console’s launch on Nov. 15, 2013 in North America. The PlayStation 4 launched in Japan on Feb. 22, 2014 and Nov. 19, 2013 in Europe.

It’s still unclear how many consoles the Xbox One or the Wii U sold over the holiday shopping season, as neither Nintendo or Microsoft have released official sales statistics. It’s widely believed the Xbox One is lagging behind the PlayStation 4 in terms of sales as much as 50%, though Microsoft claimed a sales victory during November, likely due to aggressive pricing.

Just before the holiday shopping season Microsoft dropped the Xbox One’s price $50 to $350 in the U.S in an effort to encourage sales. The company has since announced that the Xbox One’s price is returning to $399 USD. In Canada the Xbox One regularly sells for $399 without a Kinect and the PlayStation 4 is priced at $449.

The Wii U’s numbers reportedly hover at around 8 million consoles sold.

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Source:: National Post


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