The Nintendo Switch 2 is the shiny new console on the block, but the 5-year-old PS5 still outsold it by almost 1 million units over the last quarter

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The PS5 has now passed 92 million lifetime sales

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The Switch 2 is already an enormous success for Nintendo, but it turns out that the now five-year-old PS5 had significantly more sales over the last quarter, including the holiday period.

In Sony's latest financial results – which cover the quarter starting on October 1 and ending on December 31 – the PS5 sold eight million units (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz). With lifetime sales of 84.2 million reported in the last quarter, that means that Sony's current-gen hardware has now passed 92.2 million sales.

It's not bad news for Nintendo, though – in its latest financial results, it also affirmed that the Switch 2 is the "fastest-selling dedicated video game platform released by Nintendo to date." Separately, the Switch 1 also became Nintendo's best-selling console of all time, surpassing the DS with an enormous total of 155.37 million units sold. In the same period, the Switch 2 also officially outsold the Wii U's lifetime sales, but even as an avid defender of the underrated 2012 console, I think we can all admit that that was only ever going to be a matter of when, not if.

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Catherine Lewis
Catherine Lewis
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I'm GamesRadar+'s Deputy News Editor, working alongside the rest of the news team to deliver cool gaming stories that we love. After spending more hours than I can count filling The University of Sheffield's student newspaper with Pokemon and indie game content, and picking up a degree in Journalism Studies, I started my career at GAMINGbible where I worked as a journalist for over a year and a half. I then became TechRadar Gaming's news writer, where I sourced stories and wrote about all sorts of intriguing topics. In my spare time, you're sure to find me on my Nintendo Switch or PS5 playing through story-driven RPGs like Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona 5 Royal, nuzlocking old Pokemon games, or going for a Victory Royale in Fortnite.

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