Over 74 Million PS4 Units Have Been Sold, Sony Announced

The Sony PlayStation 4 has been the most successful console in this generation, handily outselling its Microsoft Xbox One counterpart since the beginning. Now, the Japanese company has revealed exactly how many units of the game box it has sold to date and it’s at 74 million. However, some have pointed out that the Nintendo Switch has a good chance of catching up to this number soon.

According to Sony’s official press release, it had sold 5.9 million PS4 units over the holidays. During that time, over 55.9 million titles for the console were sold, which brings the total number of software sold to 645 million. This is a huge accomplishment for the company and even though the 2017 holiday sales numbers were lower than in 2016, it was still a successful year for Sony overall.

Right now, the PS4 is the 10th best-selling video game system of all time, surpassing the Nintendo 3DS. It’s still behind the PS3 and the PS2, which have sold 83.8 million units and 155 million units, respectively. However, the current generation console still has a lot of years left in its lifespan, if past generations are anything to judge by.

On that note, Forbes points out that the PS4’s numbers could be surpassed by the Nintendo Switch, even though it just released last March. The biggest sign of the hybrid console’s inevitable rise to supremacy was beating the Wii’s 10-month sales numbers, with 4.8 million units sold in the U.S. alone. This essentially made it the fastest-selling video game console in this particular market.

What’s more, many analysts agree that the Wii’s success was more of a fad than anything else. The console did have some strong titles, but nowhere near what the Switch has now. In the first year alone, the company was able to produce two of the most critically praised video games of all time. If the company keeps seeing the same enthusiasm for Switch adoption as it has, selling 100 million units wouldn’t be far-fetched at all.