A brand new report in Famitsu indicated that gross sales figures for the PlayStation 5 in Japan hit a brand new milestone. The {hardware} gross sales estimates for the week of October 17-23, 2022 observe that Japan PS5 gross sales topped two million items offered. This quantity is a mix of each the usual version PS5 and the cheaper digital version. (That is the one with out an optical drive.)

Overall, Japan PS5 gross sales noticed a complete of two,027,783 items offered. 1,749,737 items had been the usual, disc drive-equipped model. The digital version PS5 was significantly much less common at 278,046 items offered. The PS5 launched in Japan in November 2020, placing it at simply shy of 102 weeks earlier than hitting the milestone. By comparability, the PS4 took 90 weeks to mark two million offered. This relative slowness was exacerbated by provide points attributable to the continued COVID-19 pandemic. Even now, PS5s are nonetheless typically offered in Japan through lottery system.

In May 2022 Sony reported that the PS5 surpassed 19.3 million items offered globally.

Though the gross sales milestone is an achievement for the PS5 in Japan, the Nintendo Switch stays dominant general. The Switch OLED mannequin alone moved over 2.8 million items within the time because it launched. Across the three current fashions of Switch, over 26.5 million items have been offered in Japan over the platform’s lifetime. Switch titles made up 8 of the highest 10 best-selling video games for the week. Splatoon 3 led the best way, together with the Switch model of Persona 5 Royal. The top-selling PS5 recreation for the week was Gran Turismo 7, adopted by the PS5 version of Persona 5 Royal.