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Sony PlayStation devices hit 6.5 million unit sales over holidays

Sony had a strong showing during the busy holiday shopping season, the company announced last night.                            Between November 21 and January 5 in Japan and Asia, and November 21 and December 31 in North America, the company sold 6.5 million PlayStation  hardware units worldwide. That figure is made up of sales of the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 2. Sony's PlayStation 3 sales were especially strong, hitting 3.9 million units worldwide during the shopping season. Sony also announced that it sold 500,000 units of its new portable, the PlayStation Vita, across Japan and Asia. And although that device is replacing Sony's PSP, the company said that the last-generation portable was still able to reach 1.6 million unit sales during the shopping season. Although Sony didn't announce PlayStation 2 sales, some simple math reveals the company likely sold about 500...