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Resistance: Fall of Man is the only Sony published game to pass the 1m sales mark in North America

Michael Pachter estimates that 100m second hand titles are sold each year

20m consoles sold in the territory after just 31 months on the market

800,000 consoles sold in a seven-day period including America’s biggest shopping day

Nintendo’s machine now two million units ahead of Microsoft’s; PS3 still trails competitors

Nearly 800,000 sales of Lionhead’s epic RPG; Strong showings from Wii Fit and Fallout 3

Wii shifts over 800,000 units throughout period; Xbox 360 sales nearly double that of PS3

Monthly market value hits $1.31 billion; annual value still expected to beat last year

Nintendo’s handheld sticks two fingers up to the credit crunch as it becomes the best ever August performer

Microsoft claims that hardware sales have climbed 100 per cent following $199 price drop

World at War to hit retail on November 11th – with a European date of November 14th surely next to come?

EA’s new survival horror IP just keeps creeping forward, though no Euro confirmation as of yet

Arcade bundle drops below $200 and becomes cheaper than Nintendo’s Wii, mirroring Japanese move

Leading analysts say that North American price cuts are likely to follow similar move in Japan

Missing CD keys sees GSC’s game delayed by a few days – European release not affected

Solid Snake joins forces with Wii and DS to buck the supposed global credit-crunch

Full US sales figures for March: Game sales outstrip economic downturn.

47 per cent increase in software sales; Xbox 360 trails competitors