Sony Sold 3x as Many Consoles as Microsoft Last Quarter

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Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles outsold the Xbox 360 and Xbox One three to one last quarter, though it remains unknown exactly how many of each console was sold.

Sony's financial statement, released early Thursday morning, showed the company sold 3.5 million PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles (combined) from April 1 to June 30, the first fiscal quarter of the year. Comparatively, Microsoft sold 1.1 million Xbox One and Xbox 360 units, according to numbers it released last week.

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