Total PS3 Games Sold Worldwide (No Official Aggregate Figure)

Sony has never released a cumulative "total PS3 software units sold" figure. Publishers report individual title sales; Sony reports hardware (87.4M PS3 units shipped).

Available Data Points

• Top-Selling PS3 Games (Shipped + Digital):
  • Grand Theft Auto V — ~25M (PS3 portion)
  • Gran Turismo 5 — 11.95M
  • Uncharted 3 — ~9M
  • The Last of Us — 8.4M (PS3)
  • God of War III — 5.2M
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 — 6M
• Attach Rate: ~9–10 games per console (industry average) → ~800M–900M total units plausible.
• Digital Share: Grew from <5% (2006) to ~40%+ (2017) — untracked in public totals.

Why No Official Number?

• Third-party publishers (EA, Activision, Ubisoft) hold their sales data.
• Sony's financial reports group "Game & Network Services" revenue, not unit counts.
• Regional tracking (NPPD, GfK, NPD, Famitsu) covers physical only; digital opaque.

Estimate: ~850–950 million physical + digital units across 2,500+ titles (2006–2020). But no authoritative source exists.