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Xbox 360 Stays Ahead Of PS3
The Playstation 3 might be the most-hyped console launch of 2006 but its
bitter rival, the Xbox 360, still managed to outsell it during December by a
factor of almost 2:1.
According to the NPD Group, Sony managed to ship 497,000 units during
December in the US, compared to sales of 1.1m Xbox 360s. Since launch, 
PS3
sales have been 687,000 units, a lot lower than Sony’s claim of 1m but that’s
because, oddly, Sony tends to include sales in Mexico and Canada as being ‘US’.
Even Sony’s older platform, the PS2, was selling strongly, with 1.4m sales in
December.
Nintendo also featured very strongly during September, racking up more
than 600,000 sales.
Anita Frazier, an analyst with NPD Group commented on the figures:
“There was clearly a huge dearth of inventory of PS3s. This was the biggest month yet for Xbox 360 hardware sales, but is pretty in line with what an established system can do during the holidays. Xbox 360 is now poised to really take advantage of its lead in this generation’s race, provided they keep bringing the games to market that keep consumers wanting to play on that system.”
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