Let's be fair; Microsoft launched in the three main markets simultaneously but were heavily supply constrained.  Their sales figures at the beginning did not reflect the demand for the console.

The goal was to be #1, not trying to just outsell the 360. Whatever happen this Gen, Sony has tons of work to do. They need to focus on the consumer's need and think of who they are trying to sell their console to since they clearly have forgotten.

@kowenicki

you can't de-moralise him like that by calling it a "schoolboy error"

meanie :(

Wow! its at 2.41 mill in Japan...

Uhh, okay? Still doesn't matter seeing as how Sony was supposed to crush MS and Nintendo combined. No chance in Hell it's happening now.

The standards have been lowered and will continue to be lowered and all people will do is keep making excuses until the bar is so low that it'll be buried.

Even though I believe that one day the PS3 will eventually pass the 360, it won't really mean much in the long run for a few reasons.

No matter which ends up with more sales, the best either can achieve is a distant second. This is not going to determine whether is the lead development console because the lead over the 3rd place console will only be a few million.

The Sony hater's just never know when too stop do they?

Why would you celebrate the PS3 being just as far behind the 360 as it was at launch?

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=X360&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=&reg3=------&start=39040&end=39047&weekly=1

The 20gb model was selling in Japan until early this year when both it and the 60gb PS3 were discontinued by Sony.

@Darc Requiem

please look at the OP

understand the point I am making...