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The sales gap has grown from 6 million when the PS3 launched three years ago to an 8 million lead. Assuming the 31 million and 39 million are both sold numbers. But they could be shipped numbers, not sold. Sony and Microsoft count shipped as sold. Shipped units have been sold to retailers. Whether the retailers sell them all or not does not really matter.