By Leif Johnson
You probably already knew the PS4 was popular even if you’re not all that big on gaming, but even so, it’s hard not to be impressed by the sales figures Sony just released.
According to Sony’s own estimates, it’s sold around 70.7 million PS4 units worldwide. That’s a huge number no matter how you cut it, but it’s especially remarkable in that the number counts units that were actually sold rather than merely shipped. In addition, Sony announced customers have bought more than 2 million PlayStation VR units.
If the so-called “console wars” mean anything to you, the report means that the PlayStation 4 has handily beaten rival Xbox One by numbers alone. Microsoft doesn’t even release sales numbers for its device, but the best estimates in August put the figure at somewhere around 30 million units.
The PS4 still has a long way to go before it reaches the 155 million sales that made the PlayStation 2 the most popular console of all time, but it looks on track to easily surpass the PlayStation 3, which sold only 80 million units over its entire lifespan. By way of contrast, the PS4 reached its 70 million …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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