During holiday 2017 season, Sony sold more than 5.9 million PS4 consoles, which brings worldwide PS4 sales up to 73.6 million as of December 31, 2017. In early December, they had just crested the 70 million mark. During that same holiday period, more than 55.9 million PS4 games were sold, accounting for both digital and retail sales. That’s up nearly 10% over last year’s holiday period (50.4 million), and brings the total number of PS4 games sold to over 645 million.
During the 2016 holiday period, PS4 sales reached 6.2 million, but while overall sales for the season might be slightly down, Sony is still reaching impressive numbers with total worldwide PS4 sales. Sony defines the holiday period as the end of November (encompassing Thanksgiving and Black Friday) through the end of the year. Sony Interactive Entertainment released a statement from President John Kodera about the success PlayStation Plus, the PS Store, and the PlayStation Network.
Thanks to the continued support from our fans across the globe, we are honored to announce remarkable sales during the holiday season. PlayStation Network continues to demonstrate spectacular growth, with the number of PlayStation Plus subscribers surpassing 31.5 million, and PS Store recording its largest-ever monthly sales of content in December 2017. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to our community and our partners for helping us achieve such phenomenal milestones. We promise our unwavering commitment to ...