The data displays global sales of current generation game consoles from 2008 to 2017. With the introduction of PlayStation 4, the 2014 market belonged to Sony, with sales reaching 14.59 million units sold that year. In fact, as of recent, PlayStation had been successful in both the physical segment as well as online gaming through their PlayStation Plus service, as seen by the rising number of global subscribers.
Global game console industry - additional information The global gaming industry has been developing at a fast pace in recent years.
2008 | 10.46 | 11.16 | 14.05 | 24.09 | 29.47 | ||||||
2009 | 13.26 | 10.36 | 9.92 | 21.05 | 27.28 | ||||||
2010 | 13.83 | 13.53 | 9.36 | 17.26 | 20.55 | ||||||
2011 | 12.56 | 0.48 | 14.42 | 13.95 | 7.38 | 11.49 | 8.76 | ||||
2012 | 13.48 | 3.69 | 11.97 | 2.17 | 10.69 | 4.22 | 5.08 | 3.01 | |||
2013 | 4.49 | 3.08 | 14.31 | 3.4 | 8.26 | 3.1 | 6.24 | 2.97 | 1.95 | 0.82 | |
2014 | 14.59 | 7.91 | 9.74 | 2.3 | 3.56 | 3.64 | 2.6 | 0.39 | 0.52 | ||
2015 | 17.51 | 8.63 | 7.33 | 2.68 | 1.34 | 3.46 | 0.93 | 0.07 | |||
2016 | 17.59 | 8.37 | 7.59 | 2.04 | 0.52 | 1.16 | 0.39 | ||||
2017 | 19.64 | 11.85 | 8.21 | 6.19 | 0.72 | 0.11 | 0.1 | 0.06 |