If the Fanboys are to be believed, higher sales figures mean better consoles. But as others have pointed out, this isn't actually a very accurate way of benchmarking your product. 

For fiscal 2008 Sony Playstation 3 has sold a respectable 9.2 million units, overtaking Microsoft's Xbox 360 and apparently showing that the PS3 is the mighty machine and adds to arguments fanboys have been having forever.