Driven by fast-selling software Nintendo 3DS sells more in its first nine months than Wii did, capping a very good 2011 for the game maker. Whether they were on the go or at home, whether they played in 2D on the TV or in glasses-free 3D in their hands, gamers of all ages celebrated the holidays with Mario and Zelda. Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 for Nintendo 3DS not only became the fastest-selling titles in the history of their respective franchises when they launched, but they are now also the first Nintendo 3DS titles to sell 1 million units each in the United States. On the console side, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, which also broke launch records, became the 45 Wii title to sell more than 1 million units in the U.S.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has big plans for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012. The game maker will kick things off with its annual Sony Electronics press conference, where its new PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) handheld entertainment system will be part of the press conference and have a good presence at its booth during the Las Vegas show. Checkout WipeOut 2048 in action in the exclusive video below.

After a slow start with a high price tag, Nintendo seems to have righted its portable ship with the price cut of Nintendo 3DS. In its eighth month on the market, the Nintendo 3DS system crossed 1.65 million units sold in the U.S., according to the NPD Group, which tracks video game sales in the United States. This milestone puts the platform on track to surpass the first-year total of Nintendo DS, the best-selling game platform in U.S. history.

Nintendo sold more than 235,000 Nintendo 3DS portable entertainment systems in the United States in August, according to the NPD Group. The glasses free 3D system finished as the No. 2 best-selling dedicated game system for the month, behind Microsoft’s Xbox 360. About 185,000 units were sold following a price reduction on Aug. 12, an increase of more than 260 percent during the comparable 19-day time period in July.

Sony is pushing 3D heavily across all entertainment from the May 3D comic book movie Priest from Sony Pictures to the release of Green Hornet on Blu-ray 3D and the launch of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs for PlayStation 3. John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment America, talks about why 2011 is the year of 3D for PlayStation 3 in this exclusive interview.

BARCELONA, Spain – While Sony PlayStation games like Crash Bandicoot were shown on the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone at Mobile World Congress 2011, Sony Computer Entertainment’s ubiquitous PlayStation 2 passed a major milestone with over 150 million hardware units sold worldwide. This incredible milestone was reached in 10 years and 11 months since PlayStation 2's release in Japan in March 2000. In addition to its 3D gaming and Blu-ray 3D PlayStation 3, Sony has a new PlayStation Suite coming out for Android phones and the NGP (Next Generation PlayStation System) ready for fall. Check out the Xperia Play in the video below.

Nintendo’s internal sales figures show that the Wii video game system has now sold 30 million units in the United States alone. This significant milestone was reached in just 45 months. This further establishes Wii as the fastest-selling console in the history of the industry, reaching this milestone 15 months faster than the next best-selling console.