Playstation 4 was the top selling home console of 2018 - according to VGchartz estimates - beating its closest competition Nintendo's Switch by over a million units. Microsoft's Xbox One finished in a distant third:

Global Hardware by Platform

Platform Yearly (change) Total PS4 18,000,767 (-10%) 91,117,828 NS 16,916,375 (+28%) 29,190,942 XOne 6,959,143 (-9%) 41,023,595 3DS 3,563,153 (-49%) 74,120,642 PSV 222,763 (-70%) 16,096,456





That is now the 8th year in a row that Sony has led the home console market. You'd have to go back all the way to 2010, the last heydays of the WII, since Sony was last behind:

Global Hardware by Platform

Platform Yearly (change) Total DS 20,620,707 (-25%) 141,480,558 Wii 17,320,956 (-18%) 82,096,418 PS3 13,896,438 (+7%) 46,388,642 X360 13,253,914 (+32%) 49,961,079 PSP 9,243,328 (-6%) 65,532,833

I expect the run might come to an end this year with the Switch heating up (and a new Pokemon game arriving during the holiday season)- but don't be surprised if a permanent price cut to the PS4 keeps things interesting.

If the PS5 does drop in 2020 though- you can expect Sony to quickly reclaim the throne.