X360's legs are amazing! I had no idea the PS3's legs were so poor, especially considering the Bly-ray compatability

wow, the ps3 is almost even with the 360 with one year less on the market, AAAmazing!!!!!

It's amazing that the PS3 isn't ahead of the X360 considering the PS2 had over 75% console marketshare! The 360 is a beast!

The PS3 still had a terrible start. High price, few games, weak online, etc.

Really interesting to see the PS3 beating 360 all those years by 2-3 million. I was always aware with aligned launches PS3 would be higher, but I'd never actually seen the figures put side-by-side before.

Credit where it's due, 360's legs during 7th year are surprisingly good. Will be interesting to see the result at the end of this year!

one gen doesn't guarantee the next, ps3 is monster it will end up outseling the gen leader and second place for multiple years, all that after launching at 600$, i had to get 3 jobs to buy one, it's crazy, it's a miracle Sony is saved

The PS3 really did have an awful start.

As mbp has just proven, people love to compare the PS3 to the PS2. When taking into account what was expected of the PS3 it was awful. It had no meaningful support and sales were tanking all over. It was late to the generation and launched alongside a console more hyped than anything. It had nothing really "worthwhile" until MGS4 released.

The 360 had a good start. It had the Year advantage and didnt have shitty ports for 3 Years. It had Halo and Gears alongside other true "next-gen" games and was the follow-up to the Xbox.

It was an awful start for a PlayStation. It was a great start for an Xbox.

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On another note... When was the last 360 pricecut?

What this graph tells me is that the 360 would have been in serious trouble without Kinect. Really, talk about a timely product launch. It literally saved the 360's bacon.

It's striking how different those graphs are, with the PS3 having a very gradual rise and decline. Looks to me, given the lack of spikes, it would finish above the 360 in year 8, though we know the landscape will probably be much different.

I also did not realize that the PS3 outsold the 360 at launch, especially in only two months compared to three months. What would gaming be like now if the PS3 hadn't had so many problems and faults initially? Wow.

No matter what way you look at it, Sony lost nearly 50% of their marketshare this gen (77% for PS2 --> 29% for PS3) and the PS3 is one of their biggest ever failures as a company