Sony’s Consumer Electronic Showcase (CES) has just ended and the company revealed some interesting new items and statistics. One of these was in regard to their flagship home console, the PlayStation 5, in which Sony CEO Jim Ryan announced that the PlayStation 5 has now sold more than 30 million units worldwide since launching in late 2020. Ryan also mentioned that this was in large part to the system having “its biggest month yet.”

Also confirmed today: December was the biggest month ever for PS5 console sales, bringing the total to more than 30 million units sold worldwide.

Thanks for playing, everyone – 2023’s gonna be a great year!

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Ryan also added that the PlayStation 5 now has an increased availability, meaning that more consumers can get their hands on one. This is a far cry different from when the console originally shipped in 2020, as the demand was at an absolutely insane level. This made getting a system next to impossible, and the situation was identical with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/Series S. This was emphasized by the worldwide effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, leaving supplies and materials extremely scarce for the time being. This caused both systems to be in constant demand for the better part of two years, with the aforementioned availability that Ryan mentioned only taking effect in recent months.

Even so, the PlayStation 5 is still in high demand, and while it is easier to get the system in 2023, they still tend to go very quickly when they appear on any retailer site. This also in turn made the PlayStation 5 one of the fastest-selling systems of all time. It also had the biggest launch month in U.S. history and managed to sell around 3.4 million units in the first four weeks. Sony is pumping out more PlayStation 5’s thanks to the effects of the pandemic slowing down, and if these numbers continue to grow, then we’re more than likely going to see another statistic spike for the company at the end of its fiscal year.