The PlayStation 3 has now passed one million in the United Kingdom, with the new console having passed the milestone more rapidly than the PlayStation 2 managed.

The console was released in the on March 23rd, 2007, and will be buoyed by the news that the console has reached one million sales more rapidly than their record-breaking PS2.

The passed one million sales after 50 weeks, while the console holds the fastest one million sales record, the console hitting the mark after just 38 weeks (in the UK, of course). The was somewhat slower, taking 60 weeks.

European sales of the have been on the up, as they have been in Japan, too, with Sony's toughest battle now likely in ambivalent North America - where the 360 rules supreme.

By Luke Guttridge