Per a (translated) gross sales report from Famitsu, Sony’s PlayStation 5 console not too long ago crossed the milestone of two million models offered. Given that the console shall be turning two years previous in a couple of weeks, it is a becoming quantity to achieve. 

Of Sony’s many PlayStation consoles, the PlayStation 5 is the slowest to hit 2 million Japan: it took 90 weeks (or three months) for the PlayStation 4 to hit that threshold, and the PlayStation reached it in 73 weeks.

The 2 million takes under consideration each the PS5 that solely performs digital video games and the PS5 with a disc drive. That stated, it is the latter console that is offered the a lot of the two; Famitsu’s numbers, the disc drive PS5 has offered 1.5 million models in Japan as of October 23, 2022. By comparability, the all-digital PS5 has total offered slightly over 278,000.

What took you so lengthy, PlayStation 5?

During the summer time, Sony revealed that the PlayStation 5 offered 21.7 million world models. 

But this 12 months has seen a scarcity of sport consoles total on account of an absence of semiconductors, and Japan specifically has seen the worth of its yen foreign money drop down as client electronics have begun to value extra. To make up for the PS5 deficiency, Sony opted to create and launch extra PS4s.

There’s loads of others elements to contemplate for the PS5 not taking off in Japan, from the dominance of the Nintendo Switch within the area to Sony courting the Western market with blockbusters like The Last of Us Part I and God of War: Ragnarok. 

Also in all probability would not assist that Sony bumped up the worth of the PS5 in Japan again in August, that means it now prices ¥60,478 yen (or roughly $410, together with tax).