It is that time of year when console war competitors begin issuing press releases letting us know how well they did over the holiday season. Both Sony and Nintendo have already done so, with statements that contain enough numbers to have a team of statisticians working until Easter. Microsoft has, for the time being, kept eerily quiet on the Christmas season fortunes of its XBox console but expect a grandiose statement as soon as the PR team is done "working" the numbers. The most impressive bu…