PS4 sales top 76 million – but numbers have dipped

By Emma Boyle

Sony’s PlayStation 4 has been a consistently high performer, taking the crown as the best selling console of this generation thus far. However, in a recent earnings report, Sony has revealed that sales for the console are beginning to slow, with numbers down year-on-year.

For the 2017 Christmas period, Sony revealed that it sold 9 million PS4 consoles, which is down slightly on the 9.7 million sold across the same period the previous year.

Overall, it’s estimated that PS4 sales are now over the 76 million mark, which is close to the lifetime sales of the PS3, which hit over 80 million sales. Given the PS3 reached this figure over a period of seven years and the PS4 is closing in on it in just four, it’s safe to say that the company’s latest console has the potential to be its most successful ever.

Ups and downs

Despite the fact that sales have dipped slightly over this Christmas period, however, it’s not necessarily bad news for Sony. Consoles are still selling in large amounts and it seems natural that a certain degree of market saturation would see sales fall slightly this late into a console’s generation.

That said, given …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming