The minimal PS3/360 gap will be 3.5M and maximal 5.5M by the end of 2009

[jneul]

kowenicki said:

@jneul

that post is so ignorant of the actual facts its laughable

1. The "xbox division" doesnt exist... go check, it is now called somthing else (much like how sony quote the playstation profit (losses) these days) and the new division has shown profit for some time

2. Theye didnt pull out due to lack of success, they pulled out because of a poor deal they made with nvidia over choip manufacture which made redcucing costs prohibitive.

3. PS2 had an horrendous failure rate. DRE, Batteries, Price shafting of Europe etc etc.

4. You live in the UK not the US... it isnt a great price in the UK... its RRP is $411 in the UK, or to convert backwards it should be about £190 not £249.

1. ok so they renamed their gaming division big whoop, it's not like i check the names of games divisons all the time you know lol. By the way microsoft posted an overall profit (not for the gaming division they have),  the amount spent of fixing broken consoles has been a major issue to their gaming department

2. thats what they told you for PR purposes lol, dont always fall for the things they tell the press, not even i believe some of the things sony says

3. as for PS2 horrible failure rates, no I don't think so even though there was a lawsuit against it (mostly lawyers cashing in, because that's what they love best), if you have the links to this please prove your point, go ahead, as my original ps2 disagree's with you (still works fine)

4. right yes since when is £249 such a bad price, when sony are probably still making a loss at that price, honestly any one with the slightest bit of intelligence can see that that price is still a good deal, even though we are still getting a little bit ripped off on conversion rates.

by your logic the xbox 360 is also a rip off, as it turns out that is slightly more expensive to buy over here as well, we have always had to pay more for consoles