1.2M PS3s Sold Last Month

SCEA announced yesterday that hardware retail sales across the PS3, PS2 and PSP reached over 3.9 million from November 23rd to December 31st, 2007. PS3 retail sales reached 1.2 million hardware units during this timeframe.

“The PlayStation brand ended the year in a very strong position and clearly indicates more positive momentum going into 2008. We are particularly pleased to have sold through 1.2 million units of PS3 during the holiday selling season,” said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA. “The strong PS3 sales also further establish Blu-ray’s dominant position as the high-definition medium of choice for games and movies. Consumers are clearly responding to the expanding multimedia capabilities and a great line-up of over 200 games.”