PS5’s reported 100 million milestone highlights a shift in console pricing

PlayStation 5 has reached 100 million units sold without receiving a permanent official price cut, according to a November 13 report from GamesRadar. The outlet says Sony confirmed the sales milestone that week, six years into the console’s life.

The distinction concerns pricing as much as sales volume. GamesRadar reports that PS5 is the first Sony console to reach that total without a lasting manufacturer price reduction. Temporary retailer promotions, including Black Friday discounts, do not count toward that comparison.

A different route to 100 million

According to the report, PS5 took longer to reach the milestone than either PS2 or PS4. Its distinguishing achievement is therefore the price history behind those sales, rather than the speed at which it accumulated them.

GamesRadar describes a generation shaped by pandemic supply chain disruption, a memory shortage and economic pressures on hardware prices. It reports that PS5 has become more expensive during its life, alongside competing Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2 hardware.

Why the claim stays within PlayStation

The comparison becomes less straightforward beyond Sony’s consoles. GamesRadar notes that Nintendo Switch reached 100 million sales in December 2021 without a global price reduction. However, Nintendo had lowered its European price in September of that year, before it crossed the threshold.

That regional exception makes a broader industry record harder to define. For readers weighing the milestone, the useful distinction is between a console’s permanent official price and the discounts individual shops offer. PS5’s reported achievement concerns the former; it does not mean every buyer paid full price.