For the month of December (well, November 25th to December 25th), 4.55 million next-gen consoles moved from retailers to the hands of eager consumers. That's a lot of gaming for one month, but the important part is the breakdown of those consoles -- and we regret to inform that the PS3 is not the top-seller. Even though people are seeing the consoles sitting around in their local stores, claiming thus a decreased demand, I've still yet to see one in a store. The XBox 360 took the top spot, selling 2 million units. This can probably be attributed to the earlier release of Gears of War and the "I want it now!" attitude of the Microsoft alpha-male demographic. Next came the family friendly Wii, knocking out 1.8 million units, despite being just as hard, if not harder, to find than the PS3. That leaves 750,000 units rolled out for the PS3. Not bad, considering these numbers are solely for the United States, solely for a one-month period. Seriously, think about it. Sony delivered 750,000 units, at least, in one month on top of the few weeks of release prior to these numbers. Personally, I'd say that's a promising number. It shows that Sony has 1) increased production as promised and 2) are selling about the same amount they deliver. You can look narrowly at the numbers and say "liek Sony iz tota11y l0sing u n00bz", or you can think about it my way. Which is way more awesomer...est. Awesomerest. What do you guys think? Is the low number of units sold (comparatively) a slap to Sony's face, or does it mean they're giving us more units than we thought and they're selling pretty much what they dish out? Think about it!
