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Sony PlayStation 5 sales hit 100 million units

The PS5 has hit 100 million units sold — but GTA VI’s launch, pricing pressure, and trade-in incentives suggest Sony’s counting every unit differently now.

By Player Two

The Games Desk · (3 hours ago)

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A white PlayStation 5 console beside a 'GTA VI' logo on a dark background
A white PlayStation 5 console beside a 'GTA VI' logo on a dark backgroundPhoto via Polygon

Sony has confirmed the PlayStation 5 has sold 100 million units globally as of November 10, 2026. That’s up from 84.2 million a year earlier — a gain of 15.8 million in 12 months, despite broader industry-wide hardware sales declines and no major first-party exclusives launching this fiscal year. The milestone arrives just nine days before Grand Theft Auto VI releases on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, but with platform-specific enhancements like ray-traced shadows reserved for PS5 Pro owners.

Sony hasn’t disclosed how many of those 100 million are standard PS5s versus PS5 Pros, nor how many were sold through retail versus trade-in or refurbished channels, though it has begun actively soliciting PS5 trade-ins amid ongoing supply constraints and recent price hikes in key markets. In the U.S., the PS5 Digital Edition is listed at $449.99.

The disc version starts at $549.99. In India, the PS5 Slim with disc drive is priced at ₹52,990. Neither price includes the PS5 Pro, which remains officially unpriced and unavailable outside select regions. The PS5 still trails the PS4’s lifetime total of 117 million units, but it’s now within 17 million units, and GTA VI’s launch could narrow that gap sharply.

Rockstar and Sony have positioned the game as the de facto flagship title of the generation, calling it the most pre-ordered title in PlayStation Store history. It’s also the only third-party release Sony has publicly cited when revising its near-term sales forecasts upward. Meanwhile, current PS5 exclusives, including Marvel’s Wolverine, haven’t moved hardware sales meaningfully.

Sony’s next major hardware update isn’t expected until late 2027, meaning the PS5’s final tally will hinge heavily on how long GTA VI sustains momentum, and whether price, scarcity, or resale-market saturation blunt its impact. Pre-orders for GTA VI close Thursday. The game launches globally on November 19.

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