At its pre-Gamescom press conference today, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe President and CEO Jim Ryan announced that the PlayStation 4 has sold over 10 million units worldwide since its launch late last November. "Just to be clear, that's 10 million PS4s sold through to consumers," Ryan clarified.

Sony last shared official PS4 sales numbers in April, when it confirmed seven million PS4s sold through that point. Last month, Sony noted in its earnings report that strong PlayStation sales were responsible for a rise in the company's overall profits.

Microsoft last announced that it shipped five million Xbox One units to retailers worldwide back in April, though it stated that sales had more than doubled in the US following the unbundling of the included Kinect camera. Last week, Ryse developer Crytek said it was "not 100 percent happy" with sales of Microsoft's system so far when considering where to place a possible sequel to the Xbox One launch exclusive.

For context, it took just over 13 months for the PlayStation 3 to reach 10.53 million sales worldwide, according to earnings documents.

We'll have more news from Sony's Gamescom press presentation as it happens.