PS3 European sales have reached almost three million for 2011, with Wii and 360 selling two million each.
The veritable mine of information that is the Nintendo financial results briefing has unearthed another nugget: PS3 has so far been 2011's best selling console in Europe.
Slides from the briefing show that the PS3 has outperformed the Wii and 360 in Europe since the start of the year, while the accompanying presentation notes read "sales of PS3 are exceeding those of last year, but Wii's sales showed a year-on-year loss. Xbox 360 is selling well in the U.S., but the transition is nearly the same as last year in Europe."
Of course, it's November and December that provide the biggest sales boost for all of the consoles and Nintendo will be hoping that the Wii can emulate last year's sales performance during this key period which saw the console sell around 2 million units in 6 weeks – which Nintendo itself noting that the dramatic climb was perhaps "a little unusual".
Whether or not the Wii will have a strong finish to the year is debatable but it's clear that Nintendo believes its DS product range will sell well during the traditionally busy holiday period, "For the last year-end sales season, we were able to gain these results despite the fact that we did not have any highly-anticipated titles for the Nintendo DS; therefore, we can assume that we will have a much higher year-end ratio this year since we are expecting several highly-anticipated titles."
10 million units shipped already, plus strong showing for ot...