Playstation 3 Sales Held Fairly Strong Despite A Tough Economy In The Past Year.

However, companies still need your money. And money they will get when awesome games are being released. A set of new data released courtesy of British retailer has given us some perspective on where money was spent on video games in the last year.

Nintendo are in the lead with 2.7 million DS' sold in the last year taking the overall tally up to 9.1 million. As for the Wii, that's in second place with a lifetime 5.4 million sales, 2.3 million of which in the last year.

The XBOX 360, which has a 16 month lead on the PS3, has sold 3.9 million systems in the region with 1.7 million sold in the last year. As for our beloved Playstation 3, that sits at a respectable 2.2 million, 900k of which were sold over the last 12 months. The PSP managed just 500k in the last year but still has a lifetime of 3.3 million.

It's nice to see consoles have been sold despite the tight economy. Hopefully a price drop and a kickstarted economy can take Sony higher up the ranks.