Microsoft today has released figures demonstrating that the Xbox 360 now has sold over 30 million units worldwide.
The following list concerns worldwide lifetime console sales:
1. Nintendo DS – 101.78 million units (as of March 31 2009)
2. Nintendo Wii – 50.39 million units (as of March 31 2009)
3. PSP – 50 million units (as of February 13 2009)
4. Xbox 360 – 30 million units (as of May 28 2009)
5. PlayStation 3 – 22.91 million units (as of March 31 2009)
Microsoft boasts that its leads the current generation consoles in attach rate with 8.3 titles being bought per console as well as third-party developer sales – $5.9 billion.
On the community homefront, Xbox Live 20 million accounts have downloaded 1 billion pieces of Marketplace content. Sony howvever announced in February that the Playstation Network has 20 million registered users which includes forum and PSP accounts.