PlayStation 3 sells 30m in Europe and PAL regions

Sales of Playstation 3 have exceeded 30 million across Europe and PAL territories, Sony has revealed.

The console hit the impressive landmark as of December 17th, and comes after it was recently announced that the system had reached sales of 70 million worldwide.

“This is a major milestone for us and clearly shows just how popular the PlayStation brand and products are within Europe and the PAL territories”, said Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Jim Ryan.

“We are really pleased with the success of the PS3 system over the last six years, and are committed to continuing our support of the platform with high quality products and titles that are of the calibre that PlayStation fans have come to expect.”