Jim Ryan says PS5 is "well on track" to be Sony's most successful console ever

After nearly three decades at PlayStation, Jim Ryan officially announced his retirement on April 1, leaving the position of president of Sony Interactive Entertainment. To mark his departure, the Brit was interviewed by the official PlayStation podcast, where he discussed the brand’s current moment and the company’s future, with a special focus on PS5.

“I’d say right now we’re at the top of our game. We’ve been really clear and really consistent about what we stand for great consoles, great console gaming experience, and great games. I would say that right now we’re at the top of our game. PlayStation 5 is well on track to be our most successful console ever across multiple vectors and I think the games and the gaming experiences you see on PlayStation 5, lead by PlayStation Studios, are the best that we’ve ever seen.”

“The number of games we’ve published so far on PlayStation 5 at this point in the cycle, way exceeds anything that we’ve ever done before,” concluded Jim Ryan.

PlayStation 5 and Sony’s great legacy in the video game industry

Jim Ryan is blunt in his statements, and it will not be easy for PlayStation 5 to become the best-selling console in Sony’s history, even though it currently has over 50 million units sold. PlayStation 2 is not only Sony’s most successful game console, it is also the best-selling console in the history of the video game industry with 155 million units sold.

The 155 million was the figure that for a long time was thought to be the mark to be beaten by other competitors such as the Nintendo Switch, but in the same podcast in which Jim Ryan highlights the PS5, he also stated that the PS2 came to sell 160 million units. A figure even higher than previously thought, so the success and legacy of the 128-bit console is only growing.