Sony had distributed 97.9 million PlayStation-5/">PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide by September 30, 2026, including 2.6 million during the quarter. That was around 900,000 fewer consoles than in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. Nintendo reported 26.35 million units sold for Switch 2 and more than 157.2 million for the original Switch by the same date.
Sony said PlayStation Network had 127 million monthly active users at September 30, up by eight million from the same period a year earlier. PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games sold 88.2 million copies during the quarter, an increase of 7.9 million year over year. First-party titles accounted for 8.2 million of those sales, up by 1.9 million. Digital purchases made up 78% of game sales, six percentage points more than a year earlier.
Marvel’s Wolverine had sold 2.4 million copies by November 4, Sony also reported.
Nintendo sold 2.67 million Switch 2 consoles and 15.04 million games during the quarter from July 1 to September 30. Switch 2 software sales have reached 73.21 million copies in total, while games for the original Switch have surpassed 1.5 billion.
Mario Kart World leads Switch 2 software sales with 16.48 million copies, followed by Donkey Kong Bananza at 5.05 million and Pokémon Legends: Z-A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition at 4.04 million. Splatoon Raiders, Fire Emblem Fortune’s Weave and Star Fox also entered the reported top 10, with 2.42 million, 1.34 million and 1.17 million copies sold, respectively.
Sources: Everyeye.it.