Sony expects to sell 20 million more PS4s by April 2017

That means that if Sony hits its target, the company will likely be approaching 60 million consoles sold by April 2017.

The company said today that it sold 17.7 million PS4 consoles in its 2015 fiscal year, so the forecast represents a 13 percent year-over-year increase.

Earlier this year, Sony announced that global PS4 sales had reached 35.9 million units by the beginning of January.