So PS3 only "officially" over took X360 on 31 May 2014

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BMaker11 said:

ironmanDX said:

BMaker11 said:

according to official shipments, PS3 surpassed Xbox 360 back in December 2012. Factor in how padded the 360s numbers are due to multiple purchases via RROD, and the PS3 surpassed it way before that. Not "officially", because only shipments and sold-through numbers matter to investors, but unofficially in the sense that more people own PS3s worldwide than 360s

Rrod units can't count as sold. That is lying to the shareholders... Which you just can't do. 

If I buy an Xbox, that counts as a sale. If the Xbox breaks a year later and I go buy another one to replace it, that counts as another sale. It doesn't retroactively revoke the previous sales. 2 units that MS shipped out were bought. It doesn't matter to them if 2 people bought one a piece or 1 person bought 2. It's still 2 units sold.

And this is why comparing the size of the userbases is more important than comparing sales, especially when MS admitted that over 10 million 360s were faulty prior to their warranty extension.

Links: http://www.crn.com.au/News/85600,microsoft-facing-us115bn-xbox-360-repair-bill.aspx

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33854/Analysts_PS3_Passes_Xbox_360_Worldwide_Nintendo_Successor_Within_A_Year.php

OT: The only thing that's "official" is that we know diddly squat on who's ahead of who on sales.