"The PlayStation brand ended the year in a very strong position and clearly indicates more positive momentum going into 2008. We are particularly pleased to have sold through 1.2 million units of PS3 during the holiday selling season," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA.

While the Playstation 3 may have had some good sales, the Sony PSP and PS2 are still edging it out. The Sony PSP also had some healthy sales numbers during the holiday period, selling 1.4 million units. The PS2 console sold 1.3 million units.

From SCEA

Press Release:

1.2 Million Consumers Join PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) Family since Black
Friday

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment
America (SCEA) today announced PlayStation(R) hardware retail sales reached
more than 3.9 million units in North America during the critical holiday
sales window (Friday, November 23, 2007 to December 31, 2007). This
accounts for SCEA's three systems currently in the market PLAYSTATION(R)3
(PS3(TM)), PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) and PlayStation(R)2 (PS2). PS3
retail sales reached 1.2 million hardware units during this holiday
timeframe.

"The PlayStation brand ended the year in a very strong position and
clearly indicates more positive momentum going into 2008. We are
particularly pleased to have sold through 1.2 million units of PS3 during
the holiday selling season," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, SCEA.
"The strong PS3 sales also further establish Blu-ray's dominant position as
the high-definition medium of choice for games and movies. Consumers are
clearly responding to the expanding multimedia capabilities and a great
line-up of over 200 games."

Sales of PSP reached 1.4 million units during this same timeframe. The
success of the recently introduced Daxter(TM) PSP(R) Entertainment Pack and
Star Wars Battlefront(R) PSP Entertainment Pack have continued to swell the
PSP install base. Upcoming platform defining software such as God of
War(R): Chains of Olympus and Final Fantasy: Crisis Core will further
increase PSP momentum in 2008.

PS2 sales exceeded 1.3 million units during its eighth holiday season.
The industry's most successful platform is poised for another great year in
2008 with the continued success of the critically-acclaimed Buzz(TM) and
SingStar(R) franchises.

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