PlayStation 5 has now officially outsold the Xbox 360 globally

While the early days of the PlayStation 5 were hampered by supply issues, a global pandemic and more, the 9th-gen console has since more than made up for lost time. Despite still having plenty of years left in its life, the PlayStation 5 has now reached a new major milestone – having surpassed the Xbox 360’s total global sales with 84.2 million units.

As part of the company’s latest fiscal earnings report, Sony officially confirmed that the PlayStation 5 has now shipped/sold 84.2 million units – putting the console as the 9th best-selling so far in history while just about passing the Xbox 360’s lifetime sales of 84 million.

With the PS5 still having a solid few years left in its tank, the console will easily hit its next milestone; currently encroaching on the PS3’s 87.4 million units.

In terms of software, Sony confirmed that the recently-released Ghost of Yotei has sold a total of 3.3 million copies within its first month on the market.

Last but certainly not least, the console maker announced that its monthly active users has remained rather stable at 119 million accounts (an increase of 3 million compared to the same Quarter last year).

Whether the PS5 will be able to outsell the last-gen PS4 when all is said and done, we will have to wait and see. But with the PlatStation 5 currently 2 million units ahead of the PS4 when launch-aligned, it’s not an impossibility.

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