What if the X360 and PS3 launched at the same time?

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bugrimmar said:
^I've also removed those consoles that were bought earlier than the PS3 launch.

So I've removed both the hardware and the software. Who is buying earlier now? Which owners are you talking about?

Wait, wha?

How did you get the software numbers? Didn't you just add up the totals of all the software?

The initial ~5 million 360 owners did not simply stop buying software once the PS3 came out. In fact, many of them ended up buying Gears of War, for example. Look at Gears of War sales to see what I mean:

1	34,231	606,759	269,941	910,931
2	7,214	301,998	156,566	465,778
3	4,105	214,870	131,515	350,490
4	3,113	192,201	110,517	305,831
5	2,701	214,548	115,769	333,018
6	1,920	234,192	95,241	331,353
7	1,333	245,791	37,476	284,600
8	1,016	89,066	24,347	114,429
9	999	76,295	25,541	102,835
10	935	54,771	19,573	75,279

These numbers would have been impossible to achieve without the 5 million console lead. Gears of War sold about 4mil copies in its first 10 weeks. The 360 sold under 3 million in this time period.