PlayStation 5 becomes one of 10 best-selling game consoles ever, overtakes Xbox 360
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Key points
- PlayStation 5 took ninth place on the list of best-selling game consoles of all time on Nov. 11, 2025.
- With 84.2 million units sold, PlayStation 5 overtook the Game Boy Advance with 81.51 million units sold and the Xbox 360 with 84 million.
- The achievement happened in light of a recent PlayStation 5 price increase in the US.
PlayStation 5 took ninth place on the list of best-selling game consoles of all time on Nov. 11, 2025.
Since Sony declared it hit the 80 million milestone in PlayStation 5 sales in August 2025, as was reported by Gaming.News, the number of units sold has risen to 84.2 million.
These renewed numbers put Sony’s ninth-generation console from the 11th place on the list of best-selling game consoles it was occupying to ninth place, overtaking Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance with 81.51 million units sold and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 with 84 million.
Earlier in 2025, Hideaki Nishino, co-CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, declared PlayStation 5 the most financially successful console generation, as was reported by Gaming.News.
It is worth noting that the achievement happened in light of a recent PlayStation 5 price increase in the US.
