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GamesIndustry.biz is reporting on the 2006 sales for each of the three new platforms. According to their numbers, the Wii beat their estimates of 1.2 million, while the PS3 only sold 700,000 units. Having most of the year to themselves, Microsoft's Xbox 360 put 4.5 million consoles into people's homes.

Sony's rival PlayStation 3 will have sold around 700,000 units in 2006, while the company predicts that Microsoft's Xbox 360 will have reached 4.5 million consoles in North America, by December 30th.
"Our checks indicate that Nintendo's Wii console continues to sell well, while Sony's PS3 supplies improved somewhat towards the end of the holiday period," said Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital.