PS3 outsells Xbox 360 as UK sales top 1m

Sony's PlayStation 3 console has seen its sales top one million in the UK while outselling Microsoft's Xbox 360 during the past four weeks.

Sony confirmed the console has reached the milestone figure, while Chart Track revealed the system's UK sales had overtaken the Xbox 360 during the past month for the first time.

“It has been outselling 360 for the last four weeks, but they were neck and neck over the Christmas period, weeks 49-52,” said Chart Track director Dorian Bloch.

Chart Track also revealed that the PlayStation 3, launched March 23 last year, has reached the one million sales milestone in the UK faster than its predecessor, the PlayStation 2, which took 50 weeks to hit the figure.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 hit the one million milestone within 60 weeks, but the Nintendo Wii is still the fastest-selling console after it hit one million UK sales in just 38 weeks.