PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan says that the PS4 is way out in front in terms of hardware sales compared to any PlayStation platform before.
Speaking in an interview with CVG, Ryan referred to the news that PS4 has sold 10 million units in its first nine months, saying that sales would have been even faster if it wasn’t for stock shortages.
“If you’d have told me that I’d be standing up on the stage at Gamescom giving that number I’d have been very surprised,” said Ryan.
“Particularly given that we’d had some pretty severe stock shortages… less so in the UK – although certainly before Christmas in the UK, but in continental Europe it’s been quite difficult through the first few months of this year, so it would have been faster if we’d had sufficient supply.”
When asked how he ranked PS4 sales, taking into account all PlayStation consoles, Ryan said that its latest console is miles ahead.
“Oh, way, way out in front. Way out in front,” he enthused. “It’s significantly ahead of anything we’ve done on any other PlayStation platform. I wouldn’t be able to rank it against competitor platforms, though I’d imagine we’d show up pretty well in that too, but certainly way ahead of anything we’ve done before.”
There’s still a long way to go if Sony wants to break previous sales records set by PlayStation 2. According to VGChartz, the PS2 has sold 157 million units worldwide, while the PS3 has sold 83 million.