Sony has announced that sales of the PlayStation 4 have surpassed 50 million units as of this week. The console, which launched in November 2013, hit the 40 million mark back in May of this year. The sales milestone includes sales of the original PS4 hardware, the newly introduced slim redesign of the console, and the higher-end PS4 Pro, which launched last month. Sony says that the sales surge was helped in part by “the best ever Black Friday week” for a PlayStation device.
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