Andre Yoskowitz
7 Jan 2010 14:14
Just a couple days after Nintendo announced it expected 3 million Wii sales in the US alone for the month of December, Sony has put out a prediction as well, saying 3.8 million PlayStation 3 units were sold globally "during the holiday season."
Sony says demand jumped 76 percent year-on-year, mainly thanks to the cheaper price point of "fat" models and the introduction of the "Slim" model. Sony did not give region-by-region estimates however.
The NPD Group will release the December U.S. figures on January 15th.
Additionally, the company added that the free PlayStation Network now has 38 million registered accounts, although it is unclear how many actively use the accounts for anything but downloading firmware updates.