The PS5 is about to become the 10th best-selling console ever

While the console had a bit of a slow start due to supply issues as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the PlayStation 5 has been rather quickly rising up the ranks of the all-time best-sellers list. As part of the company’s latest fiscal report, it’s been revealed that the PS5 has now sold over 80 million units – beating out the iconic PSP.

As collated by Gematsu, Sony recently revealed during the console maker’s latest fiscal earnings report that the PlayStation 5 had reached a new sales milestone – officially shipping over 80.3 million units as of the 30th of June.

For context, this puts the PS5 just outside of the top 10 best-selling consoles of all time; currently positioned neatly between the PSP (80 million) and the Game Boy Advance (81.51 million).

Beyond physical console sales, the rest of PlayStation also appears to be doing quite well, with operating income (profit) increasing by a massive 127%; software sales rising by 23% year-on-year and even a small bump in monthly active users from 116 million to 123 million.

As mentioned, 80 million consoles sold puts the PS5 in a great position. While the system is currently the 11th best-selling system of all time, in another quarter or two the 9th-gen console could very well leapfrog its way closer to the top 5 – surpassing the likes of the Xbox 360 (84 million) and PS3 (87.4 million).

Whether the system will manage to reach the exclusive 100 million consoles mark, we will have to wait and see. That said, even if PS5 sales were to fall off a cliff from tomorrow, it’s safe to say that Sony has had a rather strong generation.

KitGuru says: What do you think of these latest figures? Where do you think the console would be if its first years weren’t hampered by supply issues? Will the PS5 reach 100 million unit sales? Let us know down below.

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