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Domicinator on 10 November 2008
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I've said this a million times and I'll say it again. Sony and its fanboys are delusional. I have never seen anything like it in my life. Console wars are always going to happen, but this gen is absolutely ridiculous.

1. The PS3 has not even come close yet to 1st or 2nd place. It's barely made a dent in the gap between it and the 360 in 2008 (the alleged "year of the PS3"), and it will never catch the Wii.

2. System sales are not waning. The PS3 is once again being outsold week after week, and it's even been beaten by the 360 in Japan a few times over the last couple of months. The Wii is still not keeping up with demand, and the 360 has hit the sweet spot as far as price.

3. According to VGChartz. the PS3 is currently behind the 360 by 5.81 million units. That's a bigger gap than it was a month or two ago when it was a 5.5 million unit deficit. Basically, the ground they gained from MGS4 is gone. This very site predicted a similar pattern through the holiday season with the PS3 only very slightly outselling the 360 because of a sales boost in Japan.

Despite all of this, I read posts EVERY DAY about how the PS3 is gaining ground, is claiming 2008 as the year of the PS3, and will truly hit its stride in 2009. This is just delusional thinking and it really amazes me sometimes. I think the 360 will eventually lose to the PS3.............probably about when the next gen is about to hit. But that's where the second stage of the delusion kicks in. Do you guys honestly think that Sony is not going to have to release a new console within a year of when the other new systems release?

No matter how much you hate MS or the 360, no matter how much you want your console of choice to "win" this war, you should probably be aware that it's far too late for the other two consoles to die an early death. They have all established themselves as viable systems and will all post good numbers in the end. But it's fascinating that Sony is being so cocky when they are making the system with the weakest sales by a pretty big margin.