PS5 sales are expected to reach approximately 8.1 million units by the end of 2025, surpassing Nintendo Switch 2 sales and matching PS4 sales for the same period.
Sony announced its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 (October to December) on February 5, 2026. According to the financial results, PlayStation 5 (PS5) sales during the period reached a record high of approximately 8.1 million units, almost on par with the PlayStation 4 (PS4) sales during the same period.
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ANALYSIS: PS5 outsold Switch 2 during stronger than expected holiday sales season for Sony | VGC
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Sony's sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 increased 1% year-on-year to 3.7137 trillion yen, and operating profit increased 22% year-on-year to 515 billion yen.
Below is a breakdown of the company's performance by business segment. While sales for Game & Network Services (G&NS) decreased compared to the same period last year, operating profit increased by approximately 22.8 billion yen. Furthermore,
Supplementary data to the financial report includes information on PS5 unit sales, game software sales, and the percentage of downloadable game software. According to the data, PS5 sales in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 were 8 million units, down from the 9.5 million units recorded in the same period last year, but still showing significant growth from the previous quarter. Additionally, PS4 and PS5 game software sales totaled 97.2 million units, exceeding the same period last year.
According to a survey by gaming media outlet The Game Business, the PS5 was the best-selling console in Europe on Black Friday 2025. It was the only console to see an increase in sales compared to the previous year, capturing 62% of console sales on Black Friday.
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Below is a graph from British gaming publication Video Games Chronicle (VGC) showing the sales pace of the PS4 and PS5. The horizontal axis shows the number of months since release, and the vertical axis shows the total number of units sold. The dark blue represents the PS4, and the light blue represents the PS5. Despite the PS5 being more expensive, the sales pace is roughly the same.
Nintendo's financial results , released on February 3, 2026, revealed that 7.01 million Nintendo Switch 2 units were sold between October 1 and December 31, 2025. The Nintendo Switch 2 was the best-selling game console in the United States in 2025 , surpassing the PS4 to become the ' fastest-selling game console in the United States in history. ' However, if we narrow it down to the October-December 2025 period, the PS5 would have surpassed it in sales.
In its earnings report, Sony said, 'Although conditions in the console hardware market during the holiday shopping season were tougher than expected, we were able to steadily increase PS5 unit sales as initially planned, primarily due to contributions from major third-party franchise titles and new hit titles.'
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