It's the start of a new year. 2008 has come and gone and while a global downturn with the economy is on everyone’s minds, it seems that not everything is going south. The video game industry has some positive figures going into the New Year.
Microsoft and Sony both saw positive growth in sales over the year. Microsoft had strong holiday sales, during Black Friday in November the Xbox 360 was outselling Sony's Playstation 3 by 3-to-1. Along with price cuts to the Xbox 360 console line-up, Microsoft was able to finish the 2008 year with having sold 28 million consoles. This now puts Microsoft 8 million units ahead of Sony's offering, yet still behind the 45 million the Nintendo Wii has sold.
Not only has Microsoft's 360 outsold its original Xbox console by 4 million units. Its Xbox Live service that was launched on the original Xbox now boasts over 17 million users.
So going into the New Year we see that Nintendo is firmly in the top spot. With 45 million units sold it's going to be hard for ether Microsoft or Sony to take that away. What will be interesting is if Sony can close the gap with Microsoft, or will the software giant keep up its sales and firmly hold onto the number two spot.
You can read more about the sales numbers over at VG Chartz
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