The PlayStation 4 will go on to sell more than 100 million units worldwide before its lifecycle is over, according to a new report from DFC Intelligence. As reported by MCV, the PS4 would become the sixth platform in gaming history to reach that mark.
The others are the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy, Nintendo DS, and Wii. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 did not reach 100 million, instead falling about 10-15 million short.
As of January 2016, the PS4 had sold nearly 36 million systems worldwide following its launch in November 2013. According to a February 2015 report from Strategy Analytics, the console is “on path to reproduce the success of the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii.”
The PS2 is the best-selling console of all time with around 150 million units sold. The Wii, by comparison, has shifted more than 101 million systems by Nintendo’s latest count.
That report also predicted the system would reach 80 million sales by 2019, outpacing Xbox One sales by a healthy 40 percent. In the DFC report, it was mentioned that PS4 sales in 2015 met the group’s forecasts, while the Xbox One and Wii U “fell just short.”
