The predicted amount, 22.6 million, would make the PS5 the highest-selling PlayStation console ever for a year, beating the PlayStation 2’s 22.52 million consoles sold record in 2003 (Sony notes their current figures the original PlayStation sold 22.6 million consoles in 1998, which would make it the record for Sony).
Though, the Nintendo Wii would still hold the record with 25.95 million consoles sold in 2009.
During a shareholders meeting yesterday, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida confirmed that the company is predicting 22.6 million PlayStation 5’s will sell in the next fiscal year, which starts on April 1, 2022, and lasts until March 31, 2023.