PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3)Sony: We Have Sold 21 Million PS3'sKotaku - February 21, 2009
Submitted by oznerol (1)
at 10:49AM PST on February 21, 2009
Sony announced today that the company has sold 21.3 million PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide, a figure that by February is probably a bit higher, as their tally only runs until December 31, 2008.
But 21.3 million is the number they gave, so it's the number we're running with. Not disclosed was a regional breakdown of how many units have been sold in each area.
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Actually it used to be that Sony reported the number of systems they produced, rather than shipped to retail. However, now all the players report shipped to retail.
http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3_sale_e.html
There you can find PS3 shipment data. Add the two completed fiscal year numbers with the 3 quarters of the current one going through December, and the total comes to 21.3 million.