Sales of PlayStation 3 have increased by 40 percent.

Sales of console PlayStation 3 in 2008 in North America grew by 40 percent over the previous year. This GameSpot writes with a link to an official statement of the representatives of Sony Computer Entertainment America. In doing so, only in the last ten weeks of 2008, sales grew by 130 percent.
Staff SCEA did not name the exact number of sold prefixes. According to unofficial estimates total sales of PlayStation 3 in 2008 in the United States should make approximately 3.6 million prefixes. Recall that a year earlier, Sony has sold in this country of 2.56 million PS3.
In doing so, Sony representatives did not comment on the information that the world has already sold 20 million PlayStation 3. Recall that this figure was called by representatives of Microsoft, when comparing the sale of PS3 and Xbox 360. In Sony noted that such data are normally published in the quarterly financial reports. The closest such a report would be compiled at the end of this month.
Recall that the sale of PlayStation 3 in Japan and North America began in November 2006. The European launch of stations in March 2007. At the moment, PS3 is the last place in the current-generation console race, conceding the second-line Xbox 360 from Microsoft, as well as the Wii from Nintendo, which is in first place.