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Sony PlayStation 4 Sales Crosses 60 Million Units
As a part of Sony’s earnings report for the fourth fiscal quarter for financial year 2016-2017, the company announced that they had shipped 2.9 million units of the PlayStation 4 in the last three months. In the entire fiscal year, they shipped 20 million PS units. Adding up the numbers in the graph above, Sony has shipped a total of 60 million PS4 units globally, which is precisely what they had forecasted to ship by the end of the fiscal year. Another noteworthy thing is that the company forecasts the number of shipments for this year to be around 18 million. You can read the full earnings report as released by Sony here. Register with us for the best in gaming, and join us for video game discussions on our forums.
PlayStation 4 Sells 6.2 Million Units During Holiday Season, Uncharted 4 Crosses 8.7 Million
Sony boasts of huge sales numbers, selling over 6.2 million PlayStation 4 units during this year’s holiday season. This brings the global PlayStation 4 sales to more than 53.4 million. In an official release, Sony said that the holiday sales figures are based on internal estimates collected between 20th November, 2016 and 1st January, 2017. The company has yet not provided a breakdown of how well its PlayStation VR headset had done, or how well the new PlayStation 4 Pro has been selling compared to base models. In December, Sony had announced that the PlayStation 4 had crossed about 50 million sales globally, a major milestone for the console. Talking about games, Sony said that they had sold over 50.4 million game copies, both physically and digitally, during the same holiday season...