Square Enix has revealed that combines shipment and digital sales figures for Final Fantasy XV have topped the six million mark since the game launched in back towards the end of November 2016. Day one shipments exceeded five million units, and discounts on the game over the Christmas period has helped boost sales.
Back in May, Sony revealed that PS4 sales had exceed 40 million units worldwide. Now, just before the end of the year, Sony has revealed that the PS4 has sold more than 50 million units worldwide – thats 10 million consoles in 6 month. The new PS4 Slim and the release of PlayStation VR in October, followed by the release of PS4 Pro in November have likely helped revitalise console sales.
Sony has revealed the latest figures for its PlayStation business, showing that the PS4 had some more than 40 million units world wide as of March 31, 2016. The PS4 remains the fastest selling console in PlayStation history. The PS4 has in turn helped Sony reach almost 21 million PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Last month, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that the PS4 has cumulatively sold through more than 40 million units to consumers worldwide as of May 22, 2016, continuing to demonstrate the fastest-selling console in PlayStation history.
Naught Dog and Sony have announced that PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has sold more than 2.7 million units in the first week of sale. This includes both Blu-ray disc and digital sales as of 16th may 2016 across the globe. The huge sales also makes Uncharted 4 the fastest-selling first party title on the PS4 in North America.
Ubisoft has announced that Tom Clancy’s The Division has broken the company’s sales record for most copies sold in the first 24 hours of release. Unfortunately, the company didn’t announce any specific sales figures for the game, which is available on PS4, PC and Xbox One, but the count did include digital sales.
Sony has announced that the PS4 sold over 5.7 million units in the run-up to Christmas in 2015. As of January 3rd 2016, this means that 35.9 million PS4s have been sold worldwide. Sony also revealed that PlayStation Plus membership has increased by 60% compared to the same period last year.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Psyonix’s sequel to PS3 title Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, Rocket League, has made $50 million since release (around £33.5m / €45.7m). The game was available as a free download to PlayStation Plus subscribers back in July 2015, and had several paid downloadable content available too.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has announced that the PlayStation 4 has sold more than 30.2 million units as of 22nd November 2015. With this week’s Black Friday sales and the Holiday season coming up, it will be interesting to see how this figure jumps in the New Year.
Activision and Bungie have announced that Destiny: The Taken King has become the most downloaded video game on day-one in PlayStation history. Unfortunately, no hard numbers were released so it’s difficult to say just how many digital copies were sold. The original Destiny game also broke numerous records last year, but again, no numbers were ever released.
