PS3 Passes The 50 Million Sold Mark, Move Bests 8 Million Worldwide

Following the February games industry figures released by NPD, Sony’s responded, this time releasing figures. The firm said it’s sold more than 50 million PS3s, and as of April 3rd, over 8 million Move Controllers.

The company’s proud of the numbers, and once again spoke of its exclusive lineup as one of the key points moving forward this year, and that sales and growth will only increase.

As for Move, the peripheral launched in September 2010 in North America, Europe and Asia, and in October 2010 in Japan. The motion controller is supported by 155 games as of March 24th. Sony also made known the amount of PS3 games supporting stereoscopic 3D, and that number is 89.

A grand total of 480 million units of PS3 software has been sold globally since launch, and there are over 75 million registered PSN accounts in 59 “countries and regions” around the world.