PS3 - 5.00 M. on the next week! nice! ))

[NJ5]

phil said:

NJ5 said:

The only reason why the PS3 is tracking 360's sales is Japan.

If you compare PS3 vs 360 sales in Western markets, the story is different:

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=America&cons2=PS3&reg2=America&cons3=X360&reg3=America&align=1

http://vgchartz.com/hwcomps.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=Total+Other&cons2=PS3&reg2=Total+Other&cons3=X360&reg3=Total+Other&align=1

It's near the 360 in Europe (but lower), and not anywhere near where the 360 was in America.

 

You could use the same logic to say that the only reason the 360 is ahead of the PS3 is because of North America. Fact of the matter is, that doesn't matter. Worldwide sales is what matters.

It's a bit different because people expect the PS3 to perform in North America, and expectations were very low for the 360 in Japan.

In any case, aligned launches comparisons make very little sense in the first place. Microsoft launched first, so they got an advantage, end of the story.... I only posted that because people usually don't notice the difference between territories and assume the PS3 is following the 360's footsteps, which is misleading.