Sony celebrates PlayStation 5’s fifth anniversary with new player stats

Though it feels like just yesterday, the latest generation PlayStation 5 is now officially half a decade old. Celebrating this milestone, Sony has shared a ton of interesting stats pertaining to the past 5 years of PlayStation – including the fact that over 100 billion hours of gameplay has been enjoyed so far on the system.

Publishing a post to the PlayStation Blog, the VP of Product Management at SIE ‘Shuzo Kikuchi’ wrote:

“Five years ago, in November 2020, PlayStation 5 marked a new era of speed, immersion, and creativity. As we celebrate its fifth anniversary, we’re looking back at how PS5 has evolved – year by year – through system software updates, new accessories, and community milestones that continue to redefine play.”

One of the first stats highlighted by Sony was the fact that since 2020, the PS5’s oft-forgotten ‘Share Screen’ feature has in fact been used more than 1.6 billion times – totalling over 900 million hours.

Beyond this, the past generation has seen Sony putting a greater emphasis on accessibility. This seems to be paying off, with the console maker revealing that 1-in-4 PS5 users have turned on at least one accessibility feature in the console’s settings.

The full list of infographics and stats can be found HERE, but some of the other most notable include:

• Cross-generation share play has been used over 700 million times
• 5.6 billion game captures (screenshots/clips) have been shared
• Over 1 billion voice chat sessions have occurred
• 40 billion trophies have been earned
• More than 100 billion hours of gameplay has taken place on PS5

As mentioned, in many ways it feels as though the 9th generation of consoles arrived just yesterday. That said, even 5 years on, the PS5 still has plenty of life left within it. It will be interesting to see what these stats look like once the PS5 reaches 10 years on the market.

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