This is a big breakthrough for MS. These sales would be less important if they were in NA, but EU is the fastest growing market for video games and MS was in serious danger of losing it to Sony.
Sony is going to have to respond, I think. They might weather this holiday season to pursue profitability and wait for the financial crisis to settle down a little, but when the next big PS3 system seller comes along (is it GT5? I can't keep track), I think they'll have to cut prices to move hardware. The Blu-ray boost has long since run out of gas.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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