Well as you all know the 360 has just had its price cut, with lackluster effect. Microshaft should be really worried now. The 360's sales have not boosted anywhere near to what people were expecting. usualy with a price cut that is well known like this one, the best sales come from like the 1st and 2nd day of sales plus when you factor in that most sales happen in the week end then it is very alarming.

I dont know about you but i am starting to think that this is the begining of the end for microsoft. Plus with the rumored price-cut in europe i think it will have the what i like to call the dreamcast effect. This is when a price cut makes the value of the product in the consumers eyes go down, making people think it is low quality. to cut it short have a negative impact on the sales. They are dropping the price to quick in europe.

I mean the ps3 has been outselling the 360 without any price-cuts, no big software or anything. I am begining to feel worried for microsoft. if they can not outsell the ps3 the week of the BIG price-drop that what hope does it have to outsell it at any other time. By the looks of it rock_on was right. the 360 will never outsell the ps3 ever again.

this will be even more true when the ps3 still outsells the 360 with a full week of the price cuts. the problem with the 360 is not the price, it is already cheap well it is in europe anyway. it is the demand for the product and the quality of the machine. i dont see the 360 selling much more now to be honest. the 360 needs a new look, a redesign or a gimmik to keep it going.

Squilliam made me do it. I mean come on obieslut, you say both "doom" and "3rd" in the same sentence, did you expect anything else?

 I'm actually starting to like these threads. They make me feel really smart.

OT(so I don't get banned): I don't think its doomed for last place, but it well may be. Time shall tell.

@shadow blind, very clever but i have reason to think that gebx is behind it

I agree with you man, and what is also amazing is that SONY has the biggest Heavy hitters coming within the next few years, God of war 3, gran turismo, twisted metal, heavy rain, LBP, Mag, Tekken, and probably it's biggest advantage is having FF13 exclusive in Japan, why would any japanese player buy a 360 knowing that their favorite game won't be on it in there country... the PS3 will once again take it's throne, this isn't a sprint people and thats what MS forgot when they built a piece of crap console.

I guess I should sell my 360 then.

Although, I believe that it might end in 3rd place, in no way will it be "distant 3rd place" as the title suggests.

It's doomed, nuff said.

You've been 'starting to think this is the beginning of the end for microshaft' since the PS3 launched. And we don't even have full-week sales data yet. Nice preemptive damage control there.

Yes, it's the Dreamcast effect.  Because the 360 essentially got nuked out of the console war just by the announcement of the PS3, and Microsoft was forced to go third-party in a matter of months.

By the way, it IS getting a huge redesign--a more friendly software redesign that will make it appeal to many more people.

And LOL at 'price cut=less sales'!

@the hatters

the way you got to see it is the 360 just had a price cut in europe and now it is having another one. this will just make th product come across cheap, tacky and low quality.

like i said before

quality>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>price

I think it will be 3rd place, but not sure how distant it will end up being, I think that if MS comes out with their next console too soon the 360 will be distant 3rd. I think Europe and Japan are lost for the 360, but I dont think that the PS3 will pass it in NA. It might come close and it might even eventually equal it there and IF it passes it there it will be by the slimmest of margins. So in short having said all that I dont see it being a distant 3rd.