Gaming consoles are hot this Christmas. During this crucial period when everyone is shelling out their cash, the biggest players have been aggressively jostling for position to get your hard-earned money. So what does the verdict say?

Overall, there’s been very little change. Back in October, the sales chart showed Wii leading the pack with 42.5% market share. That has remained steady, getting 42.6% (14.92 million units sold) by the end of November, or a 0.1% increase. XBOX is still a close second, but has fallen by 1.2% to finish at 39.4% (13.72 million units). And after all the price cuts, Sony’s PS3 is beginning to get some momentum, closing the month 1.1% higher at 18.2% market share (6.36 million units). With prices becoming more competitive, PS3 has actually out-sold Wii in Japan last week. Playstation 3 turned in 183,217 units as against the Wii’s 159,193 consoles. Good job, Sony gaming executives! You can now show your faces in public.

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Not quite the company that started the video game industry (that old Atari was split in two), but it’s still dissapointing. The Atari responsible for the Jaguar - a “64-bit console” or so they say - has finally closed its doors and follows midway into the great big videogame arcade in the sky.

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