Approximately 190 million households worldwide will own a next-generation console by 2012, a new report has claimed.
According to research by technology analysts TDG, around 148 million of these console owners will also have their machine connected to the internet.
The figures suggest that 110 million next-generation consoles will be signed up to use multimedia and gaming services from Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network or Nintendo's Wii Online by 2012.
