PlayStation 4 lifetime unit sales worldwide 2023, by region

Sony's fourth generation console, the PlayStation 4, was first released worldwide in 2013. As of July 2022, it had sold over 117 million units across the world, including 45.9 million units in Europe.

PlayStation console history

PlayStation is a Japanese video game brand produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a division of the Sony Corporation. The PlayStation video game console is the most widely known product under the PlayStation umbrella, with the first PlayStation console released in Japan in December 1994, and worldwide the following year. Since then, Sony has released a further four video game consoles - PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and the PlayStation 5, the last released in November 2020. Sony has also released two handheld video game consoles: the PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation Vita.

Video game console market

As a whole, revenue from the video game console market surpassed 107 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, an increase of ten percent from the previous year. Analysts have put this down to the many people who turned to home entertainment during periods of self-isolation throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with the accessibility of game consoles making them a popular choice. In 2022, video game console revenues are again expected to be above 100 billion U.S. dollars, with the U.S. console market set to reach 7.25 billion U.S. dollars, while in Europe, revenues are predicted to approach 15 billion U.S. dollars.