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EA shares sales numbers according to console.

Story from Kotaku.

Now, this is not for the whole year, but for three months:

Xbox 360 - $218 million
PlayStation 2 - $73 million
Nintendo Wii - $59 million
Nintendo DS - $47 million
PlayStation Portable - $21 million
PlayStation 3 - $17 million

One place I read blamed the lack of titles from EA plus the fact certain games (like Madden) weren't as good on the PS3 as they were on the 360 - some of the PS2's sales might've been PS3 owners getting a cheaper/better version of Madden. Given the recent upsurge in PS3 sales and a the holiday lineup EA's numbers will look better in this last part of 2007 for the PS3.

Also keep in mind that there are fewer PS3s out there for EA to sell to compared to 360's, even if the selling percentage is the same (not saying they are or aren't, mind you). According to eMarketer's numbers, the 360 has 7 million+ units sold compared to the PS3's 2 million+ as of the end of September. Pity the price drops didn't hit before that - I'd like to see what kind of increase the $400 PS3 caused. Similarly, Halo caused a 251,100 jump in 360's sold, so I'd love to see how many units the PS3's "big guns" (MGS and FF) move in the US as well.