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Sony has kicked off its (severely delayed) Gamescom 2010 conference by revealing that it has now sold a total of 38m PS3 consoles worldwide, with 16m of those sales coming from Europe.
PS3 software sales are up 38 per cent year-on-year.
The platform holder also adds that first party developed titles are the best selling on the machine. In addition, the average review score of Sony-developed PS3 games is 80 per cent. In comparison, Microsoft has a 77 per cent average for its firsty party titles on Xbox 360.
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