The PS3 shifted 2.43 million consoles throughout the period, according to freshly-published Q2 FY 2008 figures - nearly double that for the same stretch last year.

This puts Sony ahead of Microsoft, which recently told AFP the 360 shifted 2.2 million units for the same period.

Ps3’s are selling big time in 2008 mainly because of the great games it offers, with the littlebigplanet being one of the titles which is exclusive to the Playstation 3 console, we’re all expecting the sony playstation 3 to sell a lot more in the future!