How many PS3s SOLD, not shipped

**Soldier 95B** · 02-12-2013

Originally Posted by Blacksite

Same as the Xbox 360 and it's RROD issue, right?

Um, not even close. I was kidding Blacksite. You should know that buy now. DRE on PS2 and 360 RROD were probably pretty close. However, while YLOD is still an ongoing issue, I don't think it was EVEN REMOTELY close to how bad RROD was.

**radgamer420** · 02-12-2013

Originally Posted by Soldier 95B

Um, not even close. I was kidding Blacksite. You should know that buy now. DRE on PS2 and 360 RROD were probably pretty close. However, while YLOD is still an ongoing issue, I don't think it was EVEN REMOTELY close to how bad RROD was.

YLOD is still an ongoing issue? Thats news to me.

**Soldier 95B** · 02-12-2013

Originally Posted by radgamer420

YLOD is still an ongoing issue? Thats news to me.

As in older original PS3's still kicking the bucket. Not with new PS3's. I think RROD and YLOD are gone now.

**AaronSOLDIER** · 02-12-2013

Anyone who is still on their original 60GB should play the lottery.

**Old Man Gamer** · 02-12-2013

Originally Posted by Vampire_Saviour

Shipped = Sold to retailers. Nobody can track every consumer sale, so shipped numbers ARE sold numbers.

I thought people already knew this.

Not necessarily. Unsold units can be returned by the retailer to the manufacturer as unsold merchandise.

**radgamer420** · 02-12-2013

Originally Posted by Soldier 95B

As in older original PS3's still kicking the bucket. Not with new PS3's. I think RROD and YLOD are gone now.

Ok. I kinda thought thats what you meant but I was just making sure. lol

**aries300** · 02-13-2013

Originally Posted by AaronSOLDIER

Anyone who is still on their original 60GB should play the lottery.

I do but i guess that I don´t have the same luck in gambling as I do in electronics, lol

I actually have 2 60gb ps3s that are still running and never ylod.

**TDbank24** · 02-13-2013

The YLOD was a non issue to the majority of the PS3 user base. It was more or less a bad batch of 60 GB models. So that didn't help sales much.

The RROD however was a catastrophic fatal error that just about every 360 owner has experienced and likely experienced on multiple occasions. It greatly helped the 360's sales as people just ran out and bought a new console when theirs broke because they didn't want to wait 3 weeks to resume playing the game they were in the middle of playing.

So with all that factored, the PS3 probably passed the 360 in worldwide sales years ago if you take into account all the inflated sales of the 360 due to RROD alone.

**Fenix** · 02-13-2013

Originally Posted by TDbank24

The YLOD was a non issue to the majority of the PS3 user base. It was more or less a bad batch of 60 GB models. So that didn't help sales much.

The RROD however was a catastrophic fatal error that just about every 360 owner has experienced and likely experienced on multiple occasions. It greatly helped the 360's sales as people just ran out and bought a new console when theirs broke because they didn't want to wait 3 weeks to resume playing the game they were in the middle of playing.

So with all that factored, the PS3 probably passed the 360 in worldwide sales years ago if you take into account all the inflated sales of the 360 due to RROD alone.

YLOD wasnt just the 60 units, effected the later 80s too. (im talking about the partial-BC 80s, not the more or less full BC ones like the 60s)

**radgamer420** · 02-13-2013

I still remember when RROD got replaced by E74 error when the Falcon mobo revision 360's started dying. Had that happen too. It wasnt until Jasper that things started better although it was the 360 Slim that finally solved the problem.

**AaronSOLDIER** · 02-13-2013

There's just too many hardware problems nowadays which is why I'm waiting on the Vita (which seems to be fine for the majority so far) and PS4.

**Soldier 95B** · 02-13-2013

Originally Posted by Fenix

YLOD wasnt just the 60 units, effected the later 80s too. (im talking about the partial-BC 80s, not the more or less full BC ones like the 60s)

It was the 40gb too. Mine had YLOD.

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**AaronSOLDIER** · 02-13-2013

Most phats suffered from the YLOD, some of the early 120GB Slims did too though it was very rare.

**Old Man Gamer** · 02-13-2013

Originally Posted by TDbank24

The YLOD was a non issue to the majority of the PS3 user base. It was more or less a bad batch of 60 GB models. So that didn't help sales much.

The RROD however was a catastrophic fatal error that just about every 360 owner has experienced and likely experienced on multiple occasions. It greatly helped the 360's sales as people just ran out and bought a new console when theirs broke because they didn't want to wait 3 weeks to resume playing the game they were in the middle of playing.

So with all that factored, the PS3 probably passed the 360 in worldwide sales years ago if you take into account all the inflated sales of the 360 due to RROD alone.

LOL. Wow, just Wow. Bury your head in the sand much?

Even going by just the posters here the YLOD was widespread. And this is just a small sampling of the total PS3 owners. Extrapolate that out and see what you get.

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**radgamer420** · 02-13-2013

Originally Posted by Old Man Gamer

LOL. Wow, just Wow. Bury your head in the sand much? Even going by just the posters here the YLOD was widespread. And this is just a small sampling of the total PS3 owners. Extrapolate that out and see what you get. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

I agree with you but still nowhere near as widespread as the RROD.

**Old Man Gamer** · 02-13-2013

Originally Posted by radgamer420

I agree with you but still nowhere near as widespread as the RROD.

You're 100% right.

**Completely Average** · 02-14-2013

Originally Posted by TDbank24

The 70 million sales number was a solid sell through count. It's likely that Sony has sold upwards of 75 million PS3s at this point though. We haven't had an update in awhile.

Either way the PS3 passed the 360 in worldwide sales.

Even if Sony shipped 75 million, which they haven't according to their own numbers, how would that put them ahead of the 360 which at this point has passed the 76 million mark?

**Soldier 95B** · 02-14-2013

Originally Posted by Completely Average

Even if Sony shipped 75 million, which they haven't according to their own numbers, how would that put them ahead of the 360 which at this point has passed the 76 million mark?

Fuzzy math

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**Old Man Gamer** · 02-14-2013

Originally Posted by Completely Average

Even if Sony shipped 75 million, which they haven't according to their own numbers, how would that put them ahead of the 360 which at this point has passed the 76 million mark?

It shouldn't have even been that close with the PS2 userbase that Sony had. Sony failed to capitalize on what should have been another runaway success. The PS3 had everything going for it.