After Microsoft announced how many Kinects it has sold so far it was only a matter of time before Sony started a whizzing contest, which it has today. Sony has now revealed it has shipped 4.1 million Moves, that’s shipped not sold, meaning that there have been 4.1m of the devices delivered to shops, though not necessarily bought by customers.
Earlier in the week we saw the news that Microsoft had sold 2.5 million Kinect boxes and hopes to double that number by the end of the year. Sony did get a one month headstart on Kinect, so though it might appear like Move is in the lead at the moment Kinect’s figure is more impressive for a shorter amount of time. The first month sale figures for Move was 1million, the 2.5 million figure is for one month of Kinect sales.
‘This number not only shows clear success of the launch of the new motion sensing controller but also indicates positive momentum going into the holiday season and to the year 2011’ said Sony in a statement.
The PlayStation Move has been available since September and is available with 25 games, which is 5 more than Kinect’s 19 titles. The post-Christmas press releases should be a good indication of whose going to win out in the battle between Kinect and Move but as Sony are being coy and not revealing exact sales figures it seems like a good indication they’re not in the lead.