Sony’s PS3 Thrashes The Xbox In 2009 Sales

2009 was said to be an interesting year for console gaming, as new technologies saw numbers turn sales figures around. The most significant change the console world was Sony’s PS3 Slim which boasted reduced pricing and more compactness.

The PS3 Slim allowed Sony to enter a market which would be a lot more competitive for Microsoft as the pricing would be very similar.

Following the console changes, the year 2009 saw new titles being released where some were exclusives for a specific console. Exclusive titles are meant to boost sales for a certain console, so the companies would try their best obtain the best exclusives.

The following sales figures depict what happened during the year 2009:

PlayStation 3 — 12 510 554 units sold
Xbox 360 — 10 244 185 units sold
Wii — 21 382 298

The main reason behind the PS3′s improvement over the Xbox was mainly due to the Slim. Nintendo sold the most consoles, however it does not fall into the same league, or price range as the other two.

Microsoft are slightly upset that their console did worse last year when compared to 2008, however they are aiming to boost sales with the edition of super bundles, Project Natal and extra Live subscription packages.