CES 2010: PS3 holiday sales exceed 3.8 million worldwide

The PS3 was such a big hit over the holiday splurgefest, but we have yet to have the exact figures. Checking back at the Sony keynote at CES 2010, the company reports that sales for that particular period exceeded 3.8 million units.

The PS3 was such a big hit over the holiday splurgefest, but we have yet to have the exact figures. Checking back at the Sony keynote at CES 2010, the company reports that sales for that particular period exceeded 3.8 million units.

Specifically, that particular period is “during the five weeks following the last week of November 2009” and ends January 3rd, 2010. “The PS3 platform experienced a 76% increase in hardware sales compared to the same period in the previous year, marking the highest record sales for PS3 hardware for a holiday period,” says the press release. As of January 3rd, 2010, the PlayStation Network has amassed 38 million registered accounts since launch.