Sony's 2009 PS3 Sales Figures Impressive

Sony has revealed its complete sales figures for 2009, and it looks impressive.

VG247 has reported that Sony has now sold 33.5 million PlayStation 3 units, only 5.5 million behind the last figure given from Microsoft on Xbox 360 sales.

Sony managed to garner off 6.5 million units over the Christmas quarter (October, November, December) which is a 45 percent increase in sales compared to the same period in 2008.

The company has also kept to its fiscal year goal of 13 million units sold. If it has managed to achieve this, it has seen a significant increase in sales since the PS3 was first launched, from 3.5 million units in the first fiscal year (2006) to 10.1 in the 2008 fiscal year.

The NPD Group, a market research firm, has shown that sales growth of the Xbox 360 flattened in 2009, while the PS3 moved up by 20 percent. Of course, this last year Sony did release a new model of the PS3 along with a price cut. But if sales continue as they are, Xbox 360 may soon lose its lead. Project Natal, the Xbox 360 motion controller, could swing things in Xbox 360's favour again, or it could result in nothing but hot air. Time will tell.