congratulations i guess 

(lol)

I contacted a journalist who got access to the full pressrelease, if you wanna see it, I'll pm ya. It really does say sell through.

The FULL PR without editions.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

London, 19th December 2012 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that the cumulative sales 1 of the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system reached a milestone of 30 million units across Europe and the PAL territories as of 17 th December 2012, demonstrating the continued popularity and momentum of the PS3® platform.

“This is a major milestone for us and clearly shows just how popular the PlayStation brand and products are within Europe and the PAL territories”, said Jim Ryan, President and CEO of SCEE. “We are really pleased with the success of the PS3 system over the last six years, and are committed to continuing our support of the platform with high quality products and titles that are of the caliber that PlayStation fans have come to expect.”

PS3® has delivered high quality, award-winning entertainment experiences since its launch. Throughout its lifecycle, PS3® has evolved to become a real cornerstone of the family living room delivering classic titles like LittleBigPlanet™ and Gran Turismo™ to the recently launched Wonderbook™: Book of Spells. The state of the art system has become the entertainment hub of many homes allowing families to play together and also enjoy a great range of movies, TV series and music directly from their system.

Following the introduction of PS3 in March 2007 across its territories, SCEE has also launched a plethora of services and products to accompany the system. This includes the free to access PlayStation®Network, PlayStation®Plus, which offers well over €1000 of value for only €49.99 a year, PlayStation®Move motion controller and the recently launched new peripheral Wonderbook™.

In September 2012, SCEE launched a new PS3, featuring a new design and a downsized form factor. In October 2012, SCEE redesigned PlayStation®Store for PS3®, offering a more streamlined and accessible store experience, including a stunning new user interface, simple search, and powerful content discovery.

SCEE will continue to further expand the PS3® platform and create a world of computer entertainment that is only possible on PlayStation.

1 Sell through number (units sold to consumers) estimated by SCEE

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http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/183826/PLAYSTATIONreg3_SALES_REACH_30_MILLION_UNITS_ACROSS_EUROPEAND_THE_PAL_TERRITORIES.php

Great sales for PS3, it will probably end up in the higher 40 millions.

maybe i misunderstood something but if ps3 leads 5 million in japan (isn't it 7?) and 6 million in the rest we have a lead of 11 million. if xbox leads 13 million in north america we have an overall lead of 2 million for 360, exactly what vgchartz says. so, as long as i didn't understand wrong what you said everything is fine?

cant wait for their newest shipment data sometime in january

I'm just saying the figures that i remember but I think this works out about right 

hmm no way 360 is only at 24m

its 22.5m here at Europe and probably 1.5m in AUS, unless you are only couting those 2 yes but PAL includes way more countries.

Well just saw and 360 is closing on 40M on the U.S. Holly mother of Hell.

Ps3 will probably Reach 30m there in 2 years aswell.

Ps3 and 360 will easilly Sell >80m, thats a pretty healthy userbase for both, damn that means 160m Consoles Sold, more than Ps2. Awesome for HD Twins.

PS3 is around 1.5m in aus, and it does quite better then the xbox here

Xbox would be around 1.3m