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Sony Sells 41.6 Million PS3s Globally
March 6th, 2011
I really love me some PS3. I use the thing for a Blu-ray player in my home theater, and we play tons of games on it. When my original PS3 died late last year, you would have thought the world ended around my house. We also have a Wii and an Xbox 360 and my son refused to play games on those consoles because “they aren’t cool” and we ended up getting a new PS3 in short order.
Apparently, I’m not the only one that really likes the PS3. Sony has unveiled some stats for the PS3 and notes that thus far it has sold 41.6 million PS3 consoles globally. Sony also notes that over 80% of those consoles are connected to the web, and have resulted in 70 million PlayStation Network accounts being created.
While tooting its PSN horn, Sony let the factoid fly that its revenue for PSN was up 70% in 2010. I guess things are looking up for Sony as Nintendo is hit hard with slumping sales of its Wii and DS systems. Traffic to the PSN increased by 60% in 2010 compared to 2009. This also means the PS3 is gaining ground on the Xbox 360, which reportedly had sold 50 million units worldwide as of January’s CES show – and that console had full year headstart in the market.
[via Joystiq]
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Where did you get 41 million? Last time I checked it was at 49 million
It was Sony themselves who did this presentation, in which they cite the number 41.6mm sold. However, Joystiq is reporting now that Sony made an error, and the correct number is 47.9mm, so they’re definitely in striking distance of the Xbox 360.
well I also own all systems but the wii is still my fav one coz of their exclusives like Zelda, Metroid and other innovative games but Sony takes more serious efforts for future exclusives and sequels at the moment whereas Microsoft doesn’t really have exclusive titles in my oppinion..if you have a decent pc too (like me) the wii is still the most innovative system and I hope Nintendo comes up with some new stuff and not only with sequels of Zelda/Metroid or Sony will overtake BigN very soon..but the overall future looks good with all three taking shape of a well balanced market
Since Sony removed the Other OS feature and recently sues Geohot as well as others, who were trying to bring such features back to the console, I am not really a Sony fan anymore.
Sure, they do not want any illegal copies to be played on the playstation. But Sony should support the hackers and homebrewers, which would make the Playstation even more successfull. They can still sue the crackers – this is completely ok.