TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced Thursday, May 26, that the sales of its PlayStation 4 has reached 40 million units.
PS4 is dominating the market for the latest generation console. Video games industry trackers said the sales have nearly doubled its rival Microsoft Xbox One.
"We are truly grateful for the enormous support from our fans and partners across the globe, which helped us achieve this significant milestone in such a short span of time," SIE Global CEO Andrew House said in a statement as quoted from AFP.
House said he expects the virtual reality experience along with a lineup of interesting games as "further driving the momentum and accelerating the expansion of the PS4 platform and its business this fiscal year."
Microsoft has yet release recent Xbox One sales figure which is reported to reach 19 million units at the end of last year. Both consoles were released in 2013.
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