PlayStation 3 passes 50m sales worldwide

Sony's PlayStation 3 has passed 50 million units sold in to retail worldwide, as of March 29.

The Move controller, launched last year, has also sold 8 million units as of April 3 and the PlayStation Network has clocked up over 75 million registered accounts, according to Sony.

There are now 89 stereoscopic 3D titles for the system and 155 games that support the Move control system.

As of December 2010, software sales for the PlayStation 3 have passed 480 million units worldwide, from a library of 2128 games.