Nielsen, the US media statistics source has released its findings for what was up and what was down in 2008. Among details of 'Top 10 Consumer Package Goods' (No:1 = 'Bread and Baked Goods') and 'Top 10 Most Digitally Downloaded Songs' (No:1 = Low by Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain) were the most-played consoles.

PlayStation 2 absolutely ruled the roost according to the Nielsen stats. Despite Wii sales, Nintendo's unit was also beaten by Xbox 360 (No:2) coming in at Number 3.

So, what of PS3? Well, it was apparently beaten into the fifth place by... the original Xbox. PS3 did manage to beat the Game Cube (No:6).

The full list is:

Rank - Console - Usage Minutes %
1 - PlayStation 2 - 31.7
2 - Xbox 360 - 17.2
3 - Wii - 13.4
4 - Xbox - 9.7
5 - PlayStation 3 - 7.3
6 - GameCube - 4.6
7 - Other - 16.2

The company states that, "Data from Jan – Oct 2008. Usage Minutes % is the percenof all measured console minutes.

"‘Other’ consists of any other console systems found in the home."

Any guess as to 'Other'? To the Forum please.

^{Source: Nielsen}