I remember this thread. If I remember right I think I voted for a virtual tie, or perhaps a Sony win by 1-2 million.

In hindsight, a virtual tie still seems pretty likely, or perhaps a Nintendo win by 1-2 million. What surprises me the most though is the 3DS. How Nintendo managed to ship 1.9 million of the 3DS in this quarter baffles me. Do that many people still want the 3DS?

So Sony is still ahead?

Vita in Japan alone did the 250k+ difference, a bit more from other countries like China.
PS3 added minimal sales as well, unless Sony announces the end of shipments for the PS3.

Vita only sold 108k in Japan from April 3rd to September 10th. You're looking at the calendar year, not fiscal year.

True, but shipments are higher then sales, and it still discounts the shipments for the PS3 and Vita from other countries. I can't imagine they keep shipping the PS3 unless it is shipping a sufficient amount.

On September 29, 2015, Sony confirmed that sales of the PlayStation 3 were to be discontinued in New Zealand, but the system remained in production in other markets.[17] Shipments of new units to the United States ended in October 2016.[18][19] Heading into 2017, Japan was the last territory where new units were still being produced until May 29, 2017 when Sony confirmed the PlayStation 3 was discontinued in Japan.[20][21][22][18][19]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
Some facts regarding ps3 discontinuation since farsala referred to that...

Don't forget DQ XI. The 3DS sold over 140k just in Japan the week it released.

Nintendo changed the entire industry with the Switch. You're going to see a refocus coming from Sony and Microsoft on leveraging the differences between the switch and their consoles. Which, frankly is resolution when it comes down to it.

I miss so many threads now lol.

Switch will push Nintendo over this fiscal year and next.

2018 will see Nintendo demonstrate that Switch is now their primary / only hardware line as major "portable" first party titles are announced for Switch. Additionally, Switch will get those common 3rd party titles now that each company has had time to 1) enhance their tools for Switch 2) see Switch succeed in the market 3) plan for Switch support in their budgets.

Sometime in 2019 this will be come a conversation again when Sony is looking at PS5 and Nintendo is looking at a new updated Switch of some sort. (This goes back to my long-standing statement that Consoles have been moving to follow a mobile approach to new hardware.)

I meant Vita instead of PS3 in regards to shipments, I do wonder when they will end shipments for the Vita.

Odd that Japan was the last country for PS3 when it was selling so badly there in comparison to US In 2016.

It sold at least 65k in US NPDs by September 2016 and then it got discontinued, by comparison in Japan it sold 61k for the entire year.

I think my original vote was for a virtual tie. Difficult to tell without Vita shipments. It's conceivable that both Nintendo and Sony could raise their forecasts again based on the current quarter, so I'll stick with a virtual draw.