Lets talk about the real issue. Does it count if the PS3 passes the 360 now, or can we make the positioning seem irrelevant by setting a cut off date? That seems to be the only reason I've seen this argument brought up recently.
"Nintendo won the previous generation. Microsoft took second, and Sony took third. It doesn't matter to me what any of the players do now in the victory lap, because the race has been decided. In any contest if you run out of time to win that is it. You don't get to keep playing as if the final whistle wasn't blown. Any argument to the contrary is entirely self indulgent, and more importantly disingenuous. I keep getting the feeling reading some threads that the reality hasn't sunk in for some on these forums. That contest is over now, and there isn't any changing what the outcome was."
This just proves the theory. It's all damage control.
So the Wii U launched. We do not declare the sales of the previous gen irrelevant. I believe the PS2 sold another 40m+ after the next gen had begun. We look back at it's sales as they stand now, not as they were on November 16th 2005, when the Xbox360 kicked off a new generation.
The PS3 will likely pass the 360 in sales and take 2nd. Deal with it. If it's truly a victory, or even matters, is a whole different issue to discuss.
