PlayStation 4 Hits 60 Million Units Shipped

Sony reaches its predicted goal.

By Hope Corrigan

Sony has released its results for the last fiscal year, revealing that it has now shipped 60 million PS4 consoles, meeting its targets for the year.

The data reveals that Sony has shipped 20 million PlayStation 4 units this financial year, with 2.9 million of these coming in the final quarter.  Those numbers pale in comparison to Q3, which peaked at a record-breaking 9.7 million units. However, they are still higher than last year's Q4 total of 2.3 million units sold.

These sales meet with Sony's goal to sell 60 million units by March this year, after reaching 50 million back in December. This year's number is also an improvement on the last, when PS4 shipped 17.7 million units.

For Sony's key product areas, PlayStation 4 hardware is doing much better than any of the other divisions, seeing the only growth on last financial year. Smartphones saw the largest drop, from 24.9 million units to 14.6 million units.

Sony has projected lower PlayStation 4 sales for the next financial year, forecasting 18 million units as the console enters its 5th year of sale.

PS4 still has a way to go to beat its predecessor, with over 80 million PlayStation 3 consoles sold over the console's life - although that came in 7 years, putting PS4 on course to topple that total.

Hope Corrigan is a freelance news writer for IGN. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch.

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