I think it's a good exercise to compare the PS3 and 360 with aligned launches. If you do you'll see they're selling really close to each other.
http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=X360®1=All&cons2=PS3®2=All&cons3=X360®3=All&align=1
The PS3 is selling nearly exactly how the 360 was. They'll have to really ramp up sales if they want to pass nearly a years worth of advantage.








