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  "research_date": "2026-09-11",
  "scope": "Documentary research snapshot; unknown values remain null. Not live availability or account testing.",
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      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "sell-in",
      "reporting_date": "2012-03-31",
      "qualifier": "Company checkpoint",
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      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
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      "record_id": "MT02",
      "entity": "PlayStation 2",
      "value_as_reported": ">160",
      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "sell-in",
      "reporting_date": null,
      "qualifier": "Source displays March 31 2012 beside revised value; achievement date not established",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "MT03",
      "entity": "PSP",
      "value_as_reported": ">76.4",
      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "sell-in",
      "reporting_date": "2012-03-31",
      "qualifier": "Dated checkpoint; not asserted final lifetime total",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "MT04",
      "entity": "PlayStation 3",
      "value_as_reported": ">87.4",
      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "sell-in",
      "reporting_date": "2017-03-31",
      "qualifier": "Company checkpoint",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "MT05",
      "entity": "PlayStation 4",
      "value_as_reported": ">117",
      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "sell-in",
      "reporting_date": "2022-06-30",
      "qualifier": "Company checkpoint",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "MT06",
      "entity": "PlayStation 5",
      "value_as_reported": ">95",
      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "sell-in",
      "reporting_date": "2026-06-30",
      "qualifier": "Current observed company checkpoint",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "MT07",
      "entity": "PlayStation Vita",
      "value_as_reported": null,
      "unit": "million units",
      "measure": "not disclosed",
      "reporting_date": null,
      "qualifier": "Unknown, not zero; no estimate substituted",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "MT08",
      "entity": "PlayStation monthly active users",
      "value_as_reported": "125",
      "unit": "million users",
      "measure": "SIE estimate",
      "reporting_date": "2026-06-30",
      "qualifier": "Not Plus subscribers; this page does not establish unique-person or detailed account denominator",
      "source_id": "H20",
      "source_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "observed_at": "2026-09-11"
    }
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    "H20": {
      "source_id": "H20",
      "title": "Business Data & Sales",
      "publisher": "Sony Interactive Entertainment",
      "publication_date": null,
      "original_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "retrieved_url": "https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-11",
      "type": "Corporate primary / retrospective",
      "retrieval_status": "Read in this research; historical source scope retained",
      "claims_supported": "Company-reported sell-in milestones and estimated monthly active users",
      "limitations": "Mixed reporting cutoffs; sell-in not sell-through. PS2 date attached to revised >160m figure is ambiguous. MAU is an SIE estimate; no subscriber or unique-person definition established here.",
      "last_attempt_at": "2026-09-11"
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