SEQUELARIPlatforms

PlayStation 4

PlayStation · Launched in 2013

Family
PlayStation
Launch
2013
Type
Home console
In the family
#6 of 7 in launch order
Units sold
more than 117 million (as of 30/06/2022)

Among the devices in this family with a published figure, it is the #2 best seller of 6.

About the family

Sony launched the first PlayStation in Japan in December 1994, and it reached North America and Europe in September 1995. The PlayStation 5 came out on November 11, 2020. Besides consoles, the brand had two handhelds, the PSP and the PS Vita.

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Sources

Numbers checked against the sources below on 08/11/2026. These are the figures the companies publish for investors; Nintendo updates them every quarter, and Sony shows the latest figure released for each device, with different dates.

  1. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Business Data & Sales
  2. Sony Interactive Entertainment, Expanded Company Timeline