So VGC has the PS3 selling more than Sony has shipped? Reminds me of way back in the DS days.

Things would be so much easier if Sony didn't combine shipments (PS3/PS2 and PSP/Vita) as it really obfuscates things.

fixed.

Possible reason for the increased PS2 sales could be its discontiued production couldn't it? Maybe Sony told retailers that those would be the last shipments they'd ever get and since I'd imagine that there is still a market for the PS2 in some poorer countries, that maybe made retailers place extra large orders to have some supply.

Possibly, though that is unlikely given the sheer size of the increase. To put it in perspective, 5.6 million in a year requires an avg sales rate of over 100k a week. That's 4 times what the Wii u has done this calendar year. Can you see a now 12 year old console selling at that rate? And yes, the ps2 was cheap at the end, but it's no cheaper than the Wii that is more modern and could just as easily sell in 'poor countries', yet it isn't. 

Same shipped numbers, difference in sellthrough, that's my guess. It's still strange that the PS3 has managed to sell 400k beyond the actual stock to end users though!

The big question is: what is the girl on your sig saying afterall?

Well, this is a deperate interpretation. In actuality, this is probably Sony just confirming, like many Xbox fans demanded, that the PS3 has outsold the 360. MS used the word "reached," which mostly likely means they rounded up, seeing their shipments from just 2 weeks prior was only 79.4M. They have probably just reached the actual 80M, now.

Here, Sony uses the words "over 80M." I think in the past Sony has had .5 or higher and still rounded down. I could be wrong on that, so I'm going to guess its most likely ~80.4M. So, they may not be quite as far apart as VGC has them, but I would bet the PS3 is ahead.

At this point in either console lifespan, do people believe that GT6 will somehow sell a PS3.  I highly doubt any game really is going to sell thee 360 or PS3 at this point.  Instead parents will be getting these consoles for their kids based on a lot of conditions.  If anything, both the 360 and PS3 will sell pretty much the same in the areas where they are strong.

You only need to look at weekly sales and momentum over the last year to realise that theres no way that is the case.

while it sucks we have it soo overtracked,...

....finally a fucking number!!