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PS3 Installed Base Approaching 52 Million

Posted September 13, 2011 by James Brightman

PS3 has reached 51.8 million units sold, Sony has revealed during its Tokyo Game Show press conference. Additionally, the PS3 has accounted for 49% of consoles sold in the last year since TGS 2010 and PS3 software has represented 46% of the market overall.

As for the PSP, Sony mentioned that it's sold 71.4 million units worldwide. It would be interesting to get a breakdown by region since the portable has struggled a bit in North America but thrived in its native Japan. In the year since last TGS, PSP has grabbed 43% of the handheld hardware market and 46% of portable software.

PSP remains popular in Japan but it's probably about to take a back seat to the Vita portable, which launches on December 17 in Japan.

James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer ever since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously the EIC of GameDaily Biz.

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