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PS4 Console Sells 96.8 Million Units Worldwide
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Sony revealed in its financial results presentation on Friday for the fiscal year 2018 (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019) that it shipped 17.8 million PlayStation 4 units during the fiscal year, bringing its worldwide total to 96.8 million units.
Sony predicted it would ship 17.5 million units during fiscal year 2018. The company shipped 19 million units during fiscal year 2017. Sony is predicting that it will ship 16 million PS4 consoles in fiscal year 2019.
The PlayStation 4 console first launched in the U.S. and Canada in November 2013 and in Japan in February 2014.
The Wall Street Journal tech reporter Takashi Mochizuki reported on Friday that Sony's next-generation console will not launch within the next 12 months.
Source: Sony's FY2018 Consolidated Financial Results presentation via Siliconera (link 2)