According to the December NPD, PlayStation 3 closed out a banner 2011 with a bang, showing increases in hardware, software and peripherals year to date. As we reported earlier this week, consumers flocked to PlayStation consoles and handhelds this holiday season with more than 6.5 million units sold worldwide. With the highly anticipated U.S. launch of PlayStation Vita on February 22, featuring the biggest and best launch lineup across the history of PlayStation platforms,2012 is already shaping up to be another exciting year for PlayStation.
-- Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA

Sony PR 

According to the December NPD, PlayStation 3 closed out a banner 2011 with a bang, showing increases in hardware, software and peripherals year to date. As we reported earlier this week, consumers flocked to PlayStation consoles and handhelds this holiday season with more than 6.5 million units sold worldwide. With the highly anticipated U.S. launch of PlayStation Vita on February 22, featuring the biggest and best launch lineup across the history of PlayStation platforms,2012 is already shaping up to be another exciting year for PlayStation.
-- Patrick Seybold, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications at SCEA

what the hell

Call of Duty
Just Dance 3
Skyrim

Top 3 for Dec and 2011 total.

Well GC is the worst Nintendo system apart from virtual boy of course.

so PS3 last. NEXT.

"HD console software sales, which were up 9 percent in 2011"
Someone need to show this to the Source ;) ( he was still arguing in his 2012 preview that HD consoles software sales were flat in 2011).

December 2011 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC) Rank Publisher
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360, PS3, Wii, PC)** 1 Activision Blizzard
Just Dance 3 (Wii, 360, PS3) 2 Ubisoft
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (360, PS3, PC)** 3 Bethesda Softworks
Mario Kart 7 (3DS) 4 Nintendo
Battlefield 3 (360, PS3, PC)** 5 Electronic Arts
Madden NFL 12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2)** 6 Electronic Arts
Assassin's Creed: Revelations (360, PS3, PC) 7 Ubisoft
NBA 2K12 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) 8 Take 2 Interactive
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) 9 Nintendo
Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3, PC)** 10 Warner Bros. Interactive

so VGC have Super mario 3d land at 3rd, I wonder how much it shifted, I say about 1M

So PS3 over 1.21 Million???

no kidding, who cares if you were last in the US, it's the end of the cycle.  Nobody is going to care that much if you sold less...step up and give the numbers.