Sony: PlayStation 3 Outsells Xbox 360 In Europe
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves said that Sony's PlayStation 3 has outsold Microsoft's Xbox 360 in Europe, having moved more than 5 million consoles since launch, Eurogamer reports.
Speaking at the PlayStation Day event today, Reeves added that the PlayStation 3 managed to surpass the Xbox 360 despite the rival console's 16 month head start, and outselling its competitor on a month-by-month basis since October of 2007.
"We are particularly proud of this as it has been achieved in a similar time frame as PlayStation 2 which retailed, if you remember, at a significantly lower price," Reeves noted.
Among other sales figures divulged in the press conference were a total of 12 million PSPs and 48 million PlayStation 2s units moved in lifetime sales in the European territory.
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