So with the announcement of Sony's latest financial results came an update on the console sales race. As reported in a previous story, the gap between the PS3 and Xbox 360 is now only 3.6 million units. But how did the PS3 achieve it? We'd thought we'd update our comparison to Microsoft's financial year. Last week I told you that the PS3 had already outsold the entire Xbox 360's 2010 fiscal-yea... more.

With Microsoft releasing its end of fiscal 2010 results, we can see how Sony's PlayStation 3 has done in relation to the Xbox 360. Surprisingly, despite strong sales in the US, the 360 has already been beaten by the PS3 with three months to spare. We've already seen Sony's end of year results. Their fiscal-year ended in March and the PS3 had sold 13 million units, spurred on by a price cut and... more.

EA has spotted the PS3 resurgence, bringing exclusive content to the console for a number of its games. In fact the publisher thinks Sony's console is 'on fire'. Not literally 'on fire' though - unless you've suffered the YLOD and have put your PS3's motherboard in the oven to fix it (we don't recommend or condone this action) - figuratively. EA's COO John Schappert backs up the appearance of t... more.

The PlayStation 3 has certainly been picking up momentum ever since the release of the PS3 Slim. With the advent of 3D gaming and PlayStation Move on the console, Sony hopes this momentum will keep on going - continuing a supposed out-pacing of Microsoft's Xbox 360. According to Sony, the PS3 has been outselling the 360 for some time. We've had a look at the numbers and the PS3 has been outsell... more.

According to the latest European data, Sony's PlayStation 3 is outselling the Xbox 360 by approximately 25 per cent in the first four months of 2010. This hardware discrepancy points towards Sony's latest effort to close the gap between Microsoft's home console. The data comes by the way of Nintendo's latest financial reports, compiling independent research companies' data from "each country in... more.

There's a well worn saying that software doesn't sell on the PlayStation 3, at least in comparison to the Xbox 360. However, things may be changing, since there's been a significant improvement in both the PS3's software and hardware sales. Despite a lower installed base, software sales on the PS3 have outstripped that of the Xbox 360 in the fiscal-2009 year. We've gone into detail over PS3 har... more.

Hardware sales flutter the hearts of some console fanboys, but we find the statistics interesting nonetheless. Sony today announced its financial 2009 year results, and though the Networked Products & Services division (which includes the Games business) lost $893 million U.S. dollars, its been a boon for PS3 sales. Improved hardware sales have closed that fabled gap between Microsoft's Xbox 3... more.

Critics of Sony's advertising campaign for LittleBigPlanet pointed to the game's supposed lackluster sales. The game may have had a slow start, but word of mouth has propelled the PlayStation 3 favourite to the status of best-seller. With over two million user-created levels uploaded since the game's release in late-2008, most believe that the game's sales must be around that number or even low... more.

Worldwide sales of the PlayStation 3 have been heating up since the release of the PS3 Slim. Sony basically leaked the redesign and its price cut with their projection of 13 million PS3 sales worldwide by the end of their 2009 fiscal year. That target is likely to be exceeded, but with the results we have so far, things are definitely looking up for the console. Following our report that the ... more.

"Sales, sales, console sales." It's a hit song in Latvia. The chorus goes "Wii, Wii, Wii all the way home." Anyway, in the battle for second place, the situation is hotting up. With Microsoft announcing 40 million worldwide Xbox 360 sales the question now is how far behind is the PlayStation 3. If we look at the figures, the answer is 'not very'. Although US hardware sales usually have the Xbox... more.

Sony's PlayStation 3 has sold over five-million units in Japan, reaching the milestone in three-and-a-half years. According to Enterbrain numbers, the console achieved 5,001,598 sold units in its home country on 11 April. In comparison, the Nintendo Wii accumulated five-million unit sales in Japan at the beginning of 2008. After its 11 November 2006 launch, the PS3 has had a number of top perfo... more.

Heavy Rain has sold over one million copies in the five weeks it's been on sale, Sony Computer Entertainment announced today. The PlayStation 3 exclusive broke new ground, developing its own genre and surprising critics with its emotional content. Heavy Rain was Sony's first UK number one since Killzone 2 and in general really took its developer, Quantic Dream, by surprise. The studio's CEO Dav... more.