Japan-based Nikkei has released sales numbers for all three major next gen consoles today. According to the newspaper Nintendo has now officially taken the market leader position.

Based on the data from Enterbrain (Japan sales including August 2007), NPD (North America incl. July 2007) and GfK (Europe) Nintendo has now sold more than 9.02 million units worldwide since its launch in November 2006. Apparently Microsoft's Xbox 360 (Launch: November 2005) is firmly in second place with more than 8.8 million sold. Sony's PlayStation 3 is meanwhile trailing the pack with console sales of 3.7 million since its launch last year in November.