Via NeoGaf comes a link to Microsoft’s Q3 2009-2010 results for the past fiscal year.

Of note is the tidbit of info that the 360 has finally passed the 40 million mark in terms of sold consoles. It’s hard to believe that the 360 will be nearing it’s fifth birthday this fall but there it is. Going by previous generations the 360′s passed not only it’s older sibling but legacy systems like the Genesis and the N64.

If this were any previous generation we’d be well into that time when the rumblings of what the “NEXT-GEN” will bring and every magazine and site’s E3 predictions would go wild as speculation over dubious news goes on for months until the show itself hits. But this generation of console gaming has changed the rules in more ways than one and this matter is no different. While different SKU’s and internal chips are announced and revisions to consoles will keep coming, the next-gen is nothing but a dream for most of the industry at this point it seems. – The Ben