I knew this thread was gonna be classic from the title. I'll just wait a bit longer for the real fun to start.

I guess that proves that they're unreliable 

http://www.dramabutton.com/

Why don't people understand that a shipment of 3 million 360's was lost when angry japanese whale fishers attacked that boat and sunk it to the bottom of the see.. it's so simple..

lol, so sony were lieng about shipped numbers!

Meh. I think I prefer to trust other sources for this. :)

Good for PS3 fanboys. But if you want drama,  change the title to "Xbox  >>>>>>>> PS3"

Maybe they tracked the bootlegged systems as well... :D

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While Sony have probably shipped more than 42 million consoles (the 41.5 million figure is 5 1/2 weeks old now, so it's quite possible shipments may even have hit 44 million or so at the high end ahead of the holiday rush), it seems nigh on unbelievable (at best, and downright ludicrous at worst) to think sales to retailers have hit 42 million.

As for the 360 at 41 million, that should indicate that these figures are not 100% accurate. I doubt Microsoft have 3.5 million consoles (plus any shipped since end of September, so probably an extra 1.5-3 million) just sitting on shelves somewhere.

I'm gonna file this (ludicrous estimation, it would seem) under not an issue.