{"id":11021,"date":"2011-04-01T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"console-wars-ps3-takes-second-place-xbox-drops-to-third-in-worldwide-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/11021-console-wars-ps3-takes-second-place-xbox-drops-to-third-in-worldwide-sales","title":{"rendered":"Console wars: PS3 takes second place, Xbox drops to third in worldwide sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In news that will really matter to people who believe owning a console that sells more units than another console is very important, a recent report from data firm Strategy Analytics says the PlayStation 3 has claimed a 500 000 unit lead over the Xbox 360, pushing Microsoft&rsquo;s console into third place in the current generation. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the PS3 is now holding an install base of 43.4 million, ahead of the Xbox&rsquo;s 42.9 million. The Wii is, of course, on top of the heap with 75.5 million sold.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Xbox still leads the PS3 Stateside, Strategy Analytics says the former&rsquo;s weaker sales in Europe and elsewhere &#8220;acts as a drag on its global performance&rdquo;.<br \/>&#8220;While the Kinect peripheral has given a boost to Microsoft&rsquo;s Xbox 360 strategy, the console&rsquo;s performance outside of the U.S. continues to disappoint,&rdquo; says analyst Jia Wu. &#8220;Global demand for Sony&rsquo;s PS3 has exceeded that of the Xbox 360 in each of the past two years, and we expect that to continue over the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wii still wiggly-wagglying at #1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}