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Sony sells 5.3M PlayStation 4s worldwide since launch

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sony said today that it has sold more than 5.3 million PlayStation 4 units in the 13 weeks since the video game console launched. That is a record-breaking performance, and it will be a tough tally for rival Microsoft to top.

Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console had sold more than 3 million units as of Dec. 31. Sony said that the PS4 continues to see strong growth and momentum as it expands to new territories.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.