PS3 - 360; and the gap shortens....

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mrstickball said:
Jordhan - It's interesting the games you mention (R&C, Siren, Disgaea), combined, haven't sold over 3 million copies on the Playstation for their best showings. So it's kind of hard to ask any self-respecting gamer to say that they're buying a PS3 for those kinds of exclusives.

At any rate, a few Sony fans should Wiki "Phyrric Victory", because anything the Playstation 3 does this generation is exactly that.

No self respecting fan of the Xbox 360, if they follow the numbers has ever said the Xbox 360 would beat the PS3. But my God, that gap has dwindled from tens of millions of units to a few million in only 2 short years. That's abysmal for the Playstation franchise.

As of this year, the Playstation 3 has outsold the Xbox 360 by an average of 228,000 units per month, on any given month. A decent bit of units.

However, using that same margin of victory, it will take the playstation over 2 years from today to beat the X360.

So lets add it together:

1) Playstation 3 outsells the Xbox 360 in (approx.) August 2010
2) Playstation 3 loses far more money on their gaming division versus Micrsoft (Sony will lose 1b this year. Microsoft will gain 500m or more)
3) Playstation 3 loses 95% of their exclusives from last generation
4) Playstation 3 gets trounced by the Wii in terms of LTD sales

So again..Phyrric victory. Whoop-de-friggin do! Sony, you beat MS, congrats! You may have lost billions of dollars, and every game that matters, limping into second place! You have just won the special olympics silver medal!

I believe you failed to take holiday sales into account.  The difference will likely be magnified then. 
I could argue some of the rest, but unless you really want to get into it I'll take a pass.  But I couldn't let that one blatant misstatement slide.