Sony’s PlayStation 5 gaming console has offered 20 thousands and thousands models worldwide since its November 2020 launch, the corporate confirmed to CNET through e mail on Friday. The following-gen PS5 console hit the milestone regardless of a scarcity of inventory because of the pandemic and international provide chain points, as beforehand reported by GamesIndustry.biz.
It is at present monitoring behind the PS4, however Sony expects the PS5 to in the end outpace its predecessor. The recent gross sales information comes lower than a 12 months after gross sales hit 10 million worldwide, a milestone the PS5 reached a month quicker than the PS4.
“To these followers who’ve but to get their fingers on a console, please know that we’re planning on a major ramp-up in PS5 manufacturing this 12 months and we’re working endlessly to be sure that PlayStation 5 is offered for everybody who needs one,” Veronica Rogers, head of worldwide gross sales and enterprise operations at Sony Interactive Leisure, mentioned in an announcement.
On Thursday, PlayStation’s State of Play livestream showcased main upcoming video games, together with a Resident Evil 4 remake, Closing Fantasy 16 and Road Fighter 6.