The PlayStation 4 console has been a massive success for Sony and now the company has announced that it has sold more that 40 million units of the console as of the 22nd of May 2016.
Sony launched their PlayStation 4 console in November 2013, the console has managed to outsell the Microsoft Xbox One console since launch.
“We are truly grateful for the enormous support from our fans and partners across the globe, which helped us achieve this significant milestone in such a short span of time,” said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment. “We will strive to deliver even more exciting gaming experiences to our users, further driving the momentum and accelerating the expansion of the PS4 platform and its business this fiscal year by offering an unparalleled line-up of games, bringing our virtual reality system, PlayStation VR, to market and providing ground-breaking features and network services.”
Sony also revealed some details on how many games they have sold for the platform, there have been total sales of 270.9 million copies of games from Sony and third party studios since launch.
Source PR Newswire, The Verge