Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its Xbox 360 game console beat the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 to reach 10 million units in U.S. sales.

“History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle,” Don Mattrick, a Microsoft senior vice president who heads the company’s Xbox business, said in a statement.

The Xbox 360 was launched in US in November 2005 and the PS3 and Wii were launched a year in US a year later. According to market research firm NPD, the Wii is closing in on the Xbox 360 with 8.8 million units sold as of the end of March while Sony has hit 4.1 million on its PS3. Microsoft also said their Xbox Live online service has hit up to 12 million members. So guys, which is your best of console from that 3.

[via Yahoo]