Overview
- Circana analyst Mat Piscatella reported that PlayStation 5 overtook PlayStation 3’s lifetime installed base in the United States as of September 2025, sharing the update on Bluesky.
- Circana did not disclose exact unit totals, though historical reporting places PS3’s U.S. sales at roughly 23 million systems.
- The crossover arrives in under five years since PS5’s November 2020 launch, whereas PS3 built its base over roughly a decade.
- Sony’s official global PS5 sell-in stands at about 80.2–80.3 million as of mid-2025, still trailing PS3’s roughly 87–88 million worldwide.
- Piscatella also noted PS5 is about 4.6% ahead of PS4 on a time-aligned basis in the U.S., based on Circana’s tracking.