Looks like those numbers from late last month were pretty accurate, and the PlayStation 4 now stands head and shoulders over its competitors at Microsoft with 7 million sales across the globe.
Sony made the news official yesterday, announcing it on the PR Newswire and PS Blog. Sony crossed the mark earlier this month, April 6, and software sales are doing just as well, with more than 20.5 million copies sold at retail as of this past Sunday, April 13.
Microsoft hasn't made any announcement on its own accomplishments for the Xbox One since January, when Microsoft's Corporate VP Yusuf Mehdi revealed that "over 3 million Xbox One consoles were sold to consumers in 13 countries before the end of 2013." The actual sales number is a larger figure without a doubt, but only Microsoft can say how high.
We'll keep you posted if Microsoft has any similar announcements, but it looks like Sony is keeping its lead for now.
Under the hood, the PlayStation 4 boasts Supercharged PC architecture, X86 CPU, Enhanced PC GPU, and 8GB Unified Memory according to the official specs.
It supports the same PlayStation Plus service as the Vita and PlayStation 3. However, a Plus subscription is required for online multiplayer games, but not for additional media services like Netflix. Sony has also updated the Dual Shock controllers with a touch screen and improved shoulder triggers, and bundles the console with a headset.
In the opposite corner, Microsoft's Xbox One claims an 8-core x86 processor and Microsoft hopes it will take the place of the family room cable box by letting you watch Blu-ray movies and TV through the console, in a "seamless transition" that lets players switch from playing games to watching shows and/or movies. It will come fully loaded with 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive.
The console's exclusives include Dead Rising 3, Killer Instinct, Ryse: Son of Rome, and more recently, Titanfall. You can check out a list of the install sizes for all of the launch games here.