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PS3 up to 70 million shipped worldwide, Move over 15 million

PlayStation 3 worldwide shipments reached the 70 million mark as of November 4, Sony announced today. The figure is confirmed as being “sell-in,” meaning it represents the amount of units sold to retailers rather than to customers. Sony also revealed Move, the PS3’s motion controller, is now up to 15 million shipped as of November 11.

The announcement comes shortly after Microsoft confirmed Xbox 360 reached the same milestone in its latest earnings report, The current-gen home console leader is the Wii, up to 97.2 million as of September 30.

Sony also announced worldwide sales of PS3 software is now over 595 million. A bit of quick maths says that equates to around 8 and a half games per console shipped. As for what exactly constitutes half a game, we’ll leave the suggestions to you.Continue reading PS3 up to 70 million shipped worldwide, Move over 15 millionPS3 up to 70 million shipped worldwide, Move over 15 million originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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