"Sony Computer Entertainment Australia's managing director, Michael Ephraim, confirmed that Sony was “three to four thousand [units] short of 500,000.” The figure includes 70,000 units given away as part of its Bravia LCD television promotion and puts Sony within striking distance of Microsoft's most recent 537,000-unit sales figure. The company also boasts that 50 percent of the PS3 units sold have been taken online using the PlayStation Network."

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209225.html

Very nice

VG Chartz has the PS3 at 476,000 in Australia, thats pretty damn close.

wow thats good estimation!
especially as these are to retail (presumably), and the VGChartz #s are for sold to consumer

Go Aussie, go! PS3 rox.

The PS3 numbers are very close to each other, but I wonder why VGC has the X360 at 691,000 in the Australia region, but the article says 537,000.

hmm... the last official numbers from MS are a bit old and out of date would be my guess

+1

Just give me Cricket $ony in celebration of half million units sold!!!

"Adam Pollington: We've sold 537,000 consoles as of the end of December. The last report I saw we'd sold, according to GfK Australia, around 537,000 units. That's up to the 28th of December, so it doesn't include the final days of 2008."

http://au.gamespot.com/news/blogs/spot-on/909183774/26753904/qandampa-microsoft-australia-talks-about-how-the-xbox-360-is-going-down-under.html?board_id=909183774&topic_id=26753904&news_site_blog=true&skipmc=1

 Ya i want cricket 10!!!!

Not suprising. Sony dominated down here for the past two generations and will most likely pass the 360 sooner rather than latter. Anyway its great to see the Aussie games market still healthy and growing even during these tough economic conditions.