PS4 Sales Reach 7 Million Units Sold Globally, Sony Struggles to Match Demand

By Jay Michael, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, April 17, 2014

Sony's PlayStation 4 just surpassed 7 million units sold globally since its launch.

According to Polygon, the data for total sales is accurate as of April 6. In addition to the console sales, over 20.5 million in software sales both digitally and in retail have been sold as well.

Other numbers for the PS4 are staggering as well. Gamers have used the share feature over 135 million times, and roughly 4.9 million Ustream and Twitch broadcasts have been created.

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"The PS4 journey has just begun, and although we are still facing difficulties keeping up with the strong demand worldwide, we remain steadfast in our commitment to meet the needs of our customers, and surpassing the wildest expectations of gamers by delivering new user experiences that inspire and engage," Sony CEO Andrew House said told Polygon. "We look forward to unveiling many of these experiences to our fans in the coming months."

Spare parts for the PS4 are now available in Japan, and the best question U.S. gamers can ask is, "Will this service be coming to North America?"

According to DualShockers, PlayStation owners can pick up HDD bay covers, bay brackets, power cords, and screw sets. The report also indicated that a similar service is available for the PS3 as well.

Spare parts for Sony's console could be advantageous to the company as consoles have been pretty scarce as of late due to demand. Instead of replacing entire consoles that may be broken or glitched, perhaps a gamer could simply find a replacement part to help fix the problem.

A few weeks ago, Sony admitted their availability would be going down even further because of the release of the console to other regions.

"I can't work [the math] out precisely," said PlayStation U.K. executive Fergal Gara told The Christian Post. "But based on what I've seen so far, I think it is going to be [hard to find a console] until around about April. You might get a fortnight or a week here or there where it is more available, but we should be back to free supply by about April ... That's our best guess. It might be a little earlier than that, or it might be a little later. But we'll get there."

The PS4 launched in November and is available in 72 countries.