NPD console sales for NOV are in,

Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp. sold 197,000 PlayStation 3 consoles in the U.S. during November, missing its goal for initial shipments by half after parts shortages slowed shipments, market researcher NPD Group Inc. estimated.

Nintendo Co., whose Wii console also had its U.S. debut in November, sold 476,000 units, according to Port Washington, New York-based NPD. Microsoft Corp., which began selling the Xbox 360 in November 2005, sold 511,000 machines in the U.S. Sony began selling the PlayStation 3 on Nov. 17 in the U.S.

Sony had planned to make 400,000 consoles available and missed that target, providing an opening for Nintendo and Microsoft. The Tokyo-based company last week replaced PlayStation head Ken Kutaragi and is now airlifting machines to the U.S. weekly. Nintendo's Wii is benefiting from positive reviews and the fact that it costs half as much as the cheapest PlayStation 3.

Nintendo, based in Kyoto, Japan, plans to ship 4 million devices worldwide by the end of the year. Sony is aiming to ship 2 million units this year. Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, with its year headstart, said earlier this week it may exceed its forecast to sell more than 10 million Xbox 360 machines by the end of the year.

From Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9aP1uzuhlPw&refer=worldwide

I just know you meant to quote this bit and forgot :

Didn't even see that bit if it was in the article?. Not really interested in last generation either.

Heh actually they updated the article since my post, its on update 3 now.

Do you think the Playstation 2 figures are so high because:

1.the hardware keeps breaking down forcing people to buy new PS2 consoles
2.People think the PS2 is 'good enough' in the graphics department and know it has an extensive back catalogue of cheap games

or another reason?

Its cheap and makes a good christmas present.

Probably due to the fact that the PS2 could play the older PS1 games and it had a year head start. Or it could also be because the xbox sucks and those who didn't want it got the gamecube instead.

Really? I think the original XBOX was the best console. Not only could you get it running homebrew for free (softmodding), with XBMC it was basically your whole home entertainment system. Play DVD's, copy games to HDD, emulators, and everything you could think of really.

I know that wasn't its intentional use, but it ended up being its main use.

I'm pretty sure Guitar Hero II has a big impact on PS2 sales.

> I know that wasn't its intentional use,
> but it ended up being its main use.

That feature alone saved the console from being totally dire. Finally some games to play on it.

XBMC was fantastic. I soft modded my Xbox so you would boot into XBMC and the eject button no longer reset the system so you could swap your Xvid, WMV, mpg, ogg, jpg etc files on dvds to your hearts content. it did a good job of scaling the picture for different regions and everything :)

That was my primary use of the Xbox since I couldn't afford that many games.

Well it didn't really suck, I just didn't play it that much. I just found myself playing the Game Cube more than it. I guess thats what happens when you own two systems and choose the one with the cheaper priced games lol...