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In the 2025 financial year, Sony sold nearly ** million units of its PlayStation 5. This marked a decrease from the previous financial year. It was also the fourth-highest number of PlayStation 5 annual sales reported since the console’s release. Sony's current-generation console, the PlayStation 5, was released during the holiday season in 2020 when it sold some *** million units during that quarter. The PlayStation 5 ranked as the best-selling current-generation console in 2023.

PlayStation’s decades of dominance

Sony’s PlayStation brand has been a significant player in the video game industry since its inception. Sony released the first PlayStation in 1994 and has released four more versions since then. The PlayStation 2 holds the record as the highest-selling console of all time, with over *** million units sold. The popularity of Sony’s PlayStation lineup is visible in that all their previous generation home consoles are among the top-10 best-selling consoles of all time. In 2022, PlayStation dominated the global game console market with an impressive share of **** percent — having been surpassed drastically by Xbox in 2023. This market domination also translated to high annual sales revenue, as Sony’s game and network services generated nearly ** billion U.S. dollars in revenue in FY 2022 and has been the company’s largest business segment since 2014.

PlayStation VR headset a first for home consoles

Sony’s commitment to innovation is evident in its support for new technologies. The PlayStation 4 was the first console from a mainstream game console company to support virtual reality. Sony released PlayStation VR 2 in early 2023, and its popularity quickly became clear when it accounted for around ** percent of all extended reality (XR) headsets sold globally in the first quarter of 2023.