It is no question the immense momentum that the PlayStation 5 has carried as well as maintained for roughly the past half decade. In the short window it arrived back in 2020, the console then already ranked the fastest-selling console of its time. However, there has been some characteristics that held the console from being even grander. Now reaching over 77 million systems, the PlayStation 4 was still a major player even currently.
As of spring 2024, it was reported roughly half of the user base for PlayStation Network were still active on the 2013-released PlayStation 4. Additionally, PlayStation 5 was short on comping PlayStation 4 sales roughly three years after its release. Even more, the lifespan of the PlayStation 5 was also said to be equally as long. co-CEO Hideaki Nishino told Famitsu that the lifespan is to be in similar length for it compared to its predecessor.
Now this week, corporate Sony released its business segment meeting which also issued new metrics on the PlayStation 4 & PlayStation 5. In that, nearly five years after its release there are finally more players on the newer PlayStation 5 officially. You can view the graph from the slide in the image below:
“Life-to-Date spend represents cumulative spend attributed per active device over the first 5 years of each console lifecycle (LTD to FY24 for PS5 and LTD to FY17 for PS4); Content includes third-party and PlayStation Studios game content (physical, digital & add-on); Services includes PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Network and other services,” the subtext in the graph reads.
Amid this new feat for PlayStation, it also faced its own overcoming as well. Following the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, it was revealed that the new hybrid console has officially outperformed the PlayStation 5 as it is now the new champion for the best-selling launch for a console. You can read the full report by heading here.
Are you surprised by this new data from Sony?
Source: Sony
