The thing about Microsoft's statement is its probably for their fiscal year, and not the calendar year. I'm not sure X360 will be ahead of Wii or PS3 this (Jan-Dec) year. X360 is behind PS3 quite a bit by sales / shipments and we've heard murmurs of a Sony price cut in August, nothing really about a X360 price cut yet. Wii is a little ahead of X360 year to date, and that lead should grow further over the next few months since Nintendo cut price. Then, later in the year, Wii will probably perform similarly in the West to X360 over Christmas and better in Japan.
X360 is already ahead of Wii (and PS3) in the USA over the past year, and by extension North America, but its hard to imagine that expanding globally. Here in the USA part of the reason I wanted price cuts for X360 / PS3 at E3 was because with the NFL strike some of the Madden / NCAA momnetum that keeps sales decent in July-August will probably be gone this year, which means the baseline ahead of the price cuts will be lower. August is kind of a wasteland from the release dates that have been announced so far, so the rebound on price cuts will be from a pretty low point.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
