I think it means a lot to Sony fans who have spent 7 years suffering the indignity of being wrong every year on when the PS3 would pass the 360. Its going to be even worse when they have the big celebration thread and everyone else is like so what.

I think PS3 will at least match 360 sales by the end of next year, Xbox 720 or no Xbox 720.

You see some of the most pathetic comments in that thread.  People arguing over a console that is over a decade year old i just don't get.  The thing is we don't even know how much the PS2 has sold.  We are just guessing but people act like they know.  This is another one that I think is going to get blown way out of proportion and a nother argument that I will stay out of because of that.

It really won't. But yeah, this pass will happen in June time no doubt. But predictions I suppose...

Xbox fanbase getting excited about passing Wii in the U.K. and in the U.S. is understandable because only couple of years ago, that would have been impossible. Seriously, who knew Wii would tank like it did, and for Xbox360 to continue to sell as it did? I sure didn't. It's very exciting to see Xbox360 still do well and have the chance to beat Wii in couple of regions.
However, for PS3, your fanbase have been talking about beating xbox360 in sales for over 5 years and multiple times a year. It got old.
I think PS3 still has a chance to pass 360 in sales, but maybe not. I think more interesting thread would be, 'how can 360 keep PS3 from catching up in sales?'
If there is a big price drop for the 360, then ps3 will not pass it this year in sales.
And when the next gen. consoles come out, then who knows what will happen. Ps3 might never pass 360.

Simply put, ms and ninty fans had nothing in response to sony domination. Then sony lost that domination with ps3 with console wars now pretty much an even field, it gave an opportunity to those fans to vent their years of anger unto sony.

Regarding milestones, it's as simple as expectations. Like.. 70 million shipped. Which is more reason to celebrate, a MS console whose predecessor sold less than 25 million and was not expected to fare much better than that itself, or the Sony console, when both of its predecessors not only hit 70 million in sales but did so in dominant fashion? The answer is obvious. It's actual cause for congrats in one case and kind of a "yeah.. yay" emotionless clap in the other. Do you like football? Lets put it in NFL terms. MS is the Indianapolis Colts in this scenario. Last season they only won 2 games, got dominated from the competition, checked out of the season early, but drafted before anyone else and used that momentum to spring into an amazingly successful season. You could say Sony are the New York football Giants. They were the defending champs, started off slow, had a great midseason run, but then faltered a bit at the end. They went out with a huge 42-7 bang but ultimately no one cares because they missed the playoffs. Or you could say they are the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons. So much hype and such good seasons and team pedigree, that nothing short of a Super Bowl win is a success. A team like the Colts deserve praise and congrats for making the playoffs. Other teams, it should be automatic.

You don't see as much praise or congrats for Sony because they have been here before and no one is surprised.

Ps3 to pass Wii??? I don't think so!

How many Wii did you expect to sell lifetime? PS3 will sell around 115m (110~120m).

I still don't get why its such a big deal for PS3 fans to see it overtake Xbox 360? You don't see 360 fans making a big deal about their console being in second place, so why is it a big deal for PS3 fans to see their console in second place? Both consoles lost their owners a lot of money, and only now the 360 has made up for its huge loses.
Sony management/ owners will always see the PS3 as a failure cause it lost them so much money. Even Microsoft management would have been disappointed that its taken so long for their console to cover its loses from previous years.