Yesterday, Microsoft revealed that they have sold 2.5 million Kinect devices in the 25 days since the product launched.
Sony was quick to issue their own Move sales update, labelling it as a “remarkable milestone achieved in just 2 months since its release in September.” The following is directly from the US press statement:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that the sales of PlayStation Move motion controller for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system reached over 4.1 million units worldwide*. The milestone was reached in just 2 months since its release in September for North America, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, and 1 month since the release in October for Japan. The number not only shows clear success of the launch of the new motion sensing controller but also indicates positive momentum going in to the holiday season and to the year 2011.
*Number as of November 2010. Cumulative number since its release date, September 15 for Europe/PAL territories and Asian countries/regions, September 19 for North America and October 21 for Japan. The number does not include sales of stand-alone PlayStation Eye camera or stand-alone PlayStation Move navigation controller.
Fairly impressive figures for the product – but some questions were raised as the Japanese version of the above press statement referred to “the quantity delivered to the dealer” as opposed to a quantity actually sold through to consumers.
Joystiq has done some investigating and it turns out that the 4.1 million means the number of units shipped to retailers.
A Sony representative commented: “While we don’t disclose our exact sell-through number, the key is that our retailers continue to ask for more Move units and are taking every unit we can supply them with based on their sales.”
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