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Sony responds to January NPD sales data

wohoo | February 15, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii Company 
Sony's response to NPD Group's January 2008 sales data. Sony masterfully showing off how the PlayStation brand still conquers everyone else currently on the market.
The release points out how PS3 demonstrated continued momentum and outsold Xbox 360 by 17% in January. Sony also reports that their PlayStation Store download service is growing quite nicely - up from 6.6 million in December, total PS Store downloads exceeded 7.9 million in January. There are over 2.9 million registered accounts in North America and the store can be credited with 52 million downloads life-to-date.
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    kik36 | February 15, 2008
    Well that's good that they are picking up momentum, but they still have a bit to go. I'm sure that Sony will have a great year altogether.
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    Final Blade | February 15, 2008
    Wow congrats Sony, you finally had higher sales in the U.S for the first time, and without your killer apps. Impressive.
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    Kinetic | February 16, 2008
    Good job, Sony. The price drops really helped.

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