This includes a plan to sell more than 7.6 million units of the PS5, which would be “more than the PS4 managed in its first fiscal year.” The plan was detailed by Sony’s chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki during a quarterly earnings briefing held this week.We recently learned from SIE CEO Jim Ryan that in the US, Sony pre-sold as many PS5s in the first 12 hours as the PS4 did in the first 12 weeks of its preorder availability, so that figure looks pretty achievable.
The PlayStation 5 is set to launch on November 12 and November 19, depending on which country you live in, and you can check out our unboxing of the next-gen console here.
If you’re looking for impressions of the DualSense controller, you can also check out our hands-on preview of Astro’s Playroom, the game that comes packaged with the PS5. Another PlayStation 5 launch game, Destruction AllStars, was delayed earlier this week until February 2021, where it will launch as a free PlayStation Plus title.
Preorders for the console are currently sold out, but if more go up they’ll be in our PS5 preorder guide right away. For everything you need to know about PlayStation 5, check out our PS5 guide.
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