As of May 18th, shipments of the original Playstation and the PS one have hit a global one-hundred million, Computer Entertainment proudly confirmed today. This makes the PS format the first to hit the magic number, and perhaps underlines further the strength of the Playstation brand despite immense competition. Software availability also reached 7,300 titles this year, with 949 million units sold globally to-date. Perhaps more impressively still, the has already shifted some 70 million units as of March 2004 (despite having been on-sale far less time), with some 572 million units of software sold. Crikey. Here's the PS one breakdown, for those of you hungry for yet more mind-boggling figures:

  • Japan (including Asia)
    20.72 million units (launch date: December 3, 1994)
  • North America
    39.67 million units (launch date: September 9, 1995)
  • Europe/PAL
    39.61 million units (launch date: September 29, 1995)

    By Luke Guttridge