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

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Kai Master said:
To me, nobody really knows how much consoles sell, that's only extrapolations with some inaccuracy, the only thing we could know for sure are shipments. To me, this year is definitely a tie between 360 and PS3, the inaccuracy must be too high to tell who really wins. It seems PS3 is having a hard time catching 360 LTD sales, when slim PS3 released we thought that PS3 would pass 360 in a year or 2 but that was not the case, the gap stood the same. The only thing I see for the PS3 to catch 360 are price cuts, as Europe (PS3-dominated) is more sensitive to price that America. In the long run I still give the PS3 the victory.

Even if you don't trust VGC NPD, Gfk, Media Create, and SIRAS (Nintendo's tracking firm) are reliable sources with very very small margins for error, especially now that NPD gets Walmart data. And since VGC adjusts their numbers based on those tracking firms' data you can assume their numbers are good.