When +-10% can be considered a statistical tie, then yes it is nearly

 so when you see 830 and 739 you think "hm those numbers are pretty close"

please. nearly would be like 739 vs 780

oooo precentage........well PS3 sales is just 56% of 360 sales and since 50% is half I would say it is nearly.

Kinda funny when all sony fans have left is to argue that it's "not nearly double"

 theres that spin again... you do realize that means that you would need to take 44k off for the ps3. That means 370 would be the numbers for the ps3 to get doubled.... 370 is closer to 415 than 739 is to 830 but it still isnt nearly

 i had two other points but you somehow ignored them with trying to argue petty shit that im right about

http://www.answers.com/topic/nearly

I don't see an exact answer as nearly must equate to in numbers or percentages. So in his opinion yes it is nearly. Is it spinning? No it's called having an opinion on the internet and quite frankly Max I'm getting very sick of your opinions that only serve to try to hurt other people's opinions.

If you don't think nearly is a good word choice than give them a suggestion to use instead of nearly. Perhaps nearly nearly would please you more but attacking other posters for having different ideas than you is just a problem with your inflexibility to other people.

 Yawn....

360 outsold ps3 by decent margin > 360 nearly doubled ps3

LOL....*wipes tear*...ahh, only a ps3 fanboi

Well percentage is they way to go. And since the numbers is not 100% accurate the difference falls easily within the error margin. In medicine you can have a 95% certainty on some test so in this type case it is not far off.

The reality can be over double and under double but the margins clearly predicts that the double mark is statistically good due to the fact that the number is within the interval of error.

In this kind of predictions +/- 15% is acceptable so it is nearly.

Working on market reseach so it is fun to spin with number. It is a way to lie without actualy lying.