According to some recently released statistics from Sony, the worldwide install base for the PlayStation 3 is now 23.8 million strong. From a fact we learned earlier in June, we can extrapolate from these recent numbers that almost eight million people are currently being Quincied in PlayStation Home. Furthermore, assuming everyone owns one controller, there's more than 144 million axes of motion control floating around out there. (Axis'? Axises?)

From these numbers, we can also determine that the PS3 is currently lagging behind its Console War adversaries -- the Wii is sporting nearly the same number of users in the U.S. alone, and theXbox 360 hit 28 million users earlier this year. Hey, that just makes it more underground, you know? It's edgy and exclusive, like that hip bar that doesn't let you or your friends in, because it's too full of well-dressed, attractive people.

source http://www.joystiq.com/2009/08/03/ps3-install-base-up-to-nearly-24-million/

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i thought every1 was saying this is sold to retalier not actaul instal base? 

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shat dont just say shipped right off the bat read it. "worldwide INSTAL BASE" 

Shipped.

Let's not go there again

Sony has shipped 23.8M

It's not shipped, if you look in the other thread its sold to consumers....

Everyone here is just too ignorant to realize that.

800,000 consoles out on shelves while people are reporting reduced stocks, rumors of clearances, deals at online retailers, compelling evidence of a soon to be release Slim.....

Wow is that all sony has shipped in total?

No wonder there behind the rest when they dont have as much out there to begin with!

That does not mean sold to consumer aka install base ><

Same difference.

And yes, a slim is coming -_-