PS3/360 Gap not getting any bigger...

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CAL4M1TY said:

Steroid said:
A lot of people thought the 360 would be ahead by 12 million at this point. Not gonna happen. If Sony really wants to cut into that gap they could do a pricecut right before Madden. Seeing at how the PS3 is selling just about equal with th360 currently, one has to wonder if they'll be compelled to drop the price at all.

Who? I don't recall it being a big thing with people if at all (certainly not big enough to be claimed "a lot"). Sounds like somebody is trying to make it sound like Sony's improving because (imaginary) people's expectations of the gap weren't met.

Also, a lot of people thought the gap would be 4 million or lower at this point. Remember PS3 domination begins in *insert random year gone by*

I think the PS3 will eventually catch up and surpass the 360. My only concern is when it'll happen, because at the current rate it's going, beating the 360 when this generation is a year from ending and when the 360 has made a very healthy profit won't mean much to Sony (to Fanboys it will).

Sony really needs a price drop. It's pointless to say "Oh look 360 is only beating it by 10k per week when the PS3's still hasn't had a price drop. Therefore Sony is not in trouble". The fact of the matter is, it still is beating it by 10k a week, which makes the gap bigger. This generation is moving further and further towards it's end. Sony has to price drop or launch GT5 if they want to reverse this, because even if they only end up outselling the 360 by 10k a week after the initial shock of those events, it's still reducing the gap.

Also, every day Sony stalls is another day a consumer is contemplating getting a 360 or Wii instead because they can't afford (or are unwilling to pay for) the PS3.

actually there was a thread towards the start of this year about how large/small will the gap become in 09. I personally put the gap at 9mill highest, I think 5mill lowest. Many others though had much higher gap ratios. I am positive there were quite a few 11-14million gap posts in there.

Comment @ Sig:

Why do you make your sig such obvious flambait? Is that even called for? I don't remember anyone downplaying FF as a franchise due to it going MP. I still love those games, with my most prized game in the world being in that series, FFVII. More so, it was about "settling" with game quality rather then shooting for the stars with their next itteration, broken promises, and out right disrespecting their actual fans.

MGSR isn't even relavent to the "OOO! I got something that belongs to you!:P" clause because its not MGS4(which is what 360 fans were hoping for) or MGS5(the sequel). Its not even in the same genre as MGS4 back, it's a "lightning bolt action" game for starters. It is nothing more then a spin off to please MS. Kojima barely wants any part of it(only helping so they don't taint the MGS name) and he says the real next step in the MGS series is MGS Peace Walker PSP(which if it is anything like Portable Ops, not to be confused with PO plus, it will be great).