Xbox 360 Vs. Playstation 3 2012 - *February* Update

[toadslayer72]

thismeintiel said:

toadslayer72 said:
OK so there is one thing that came to mind today when I was thinking about this. Anyone remember a while back when "statistical tie" was being mentioned repeatedly in the weekly number threads? Testicular pie maybe ring a bell? Well all this talk of "just barely" and "slim margin" brings the question of the statistical tie angle. I don't remember the % by which one had to win by to actually be considered a win. I remember there was a % just not what it was. And is this even still in play? Was that always just a VGC thing? Does MS consider finishing 5000 consoles ahead a victory or 5000 behind a loss?

I'm sure MS would consider being ahead by any number a victory.  However, it looks like the gap will be ~500K or so in the PS3's favor at the end of the year.  I think this is one of the reasons we didn't see them mention being #1 WW in the November NPD response.

But do you remember what I'm referring to about statistical tie? If so, what were the percentages that the VGC community was using to determine a winner?