Race is on - 360 vrs PS3 (holiday '07)

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NJ5 said:

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I think that won't affect sales in countries where the Playstation brand is really strong (i.e. southern European countries), but it will definitely affect them in other countries.

 

 The main problem with Playstation 3 and south European countries (atleast those south-eastern) is that there ain't a modchip for PS3 (that combined with not-so-standard media format). PS2 was the ultimate console there mainly because of the flawless modchip and ease of pirating games.

 The problem with Xbox 360 in these countries is the fear of RROD on the modified console, which basically means loosing the warranty.

 While Playstation is the synonym for playing games there, the word about Wii is spreading more and more, especially due to easy modability.