Year to date PS3 sales growth of 99%

Over 1.8 million PS3s have been sold in the US this year.

Sony is celebrating another month in which its PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360. The console sold 224,900 units across the US in the month of July which Sony states has raised year-to-date sales of the console to over 1.8 million units. This represents a year-to-date hardware sales growth of 99%.

"Our year-to-date sales growth of 99% for the PS3 reaffirms that consumers are indeed embracing PS3 as their entertainment hub-of-choice with its feature-rich offerings like Blu-ray and our recently announced video delivery service," said Jack Tretton, president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America.

"With an unmatched software line-up that includes LittleBigPlanet, SOCOM: Confrontation, Resistance 2 and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, and the anticipated launch of our new 80GB PS3 model, we're confident in a strong second half of the year and look forward to quickly addressing any inventory shortages due to the transition."

For a full breakdown of the July NPD sales figures follow this link.