I personally don't think the xbox 360's last place finish, (this week by vgchartz)...all of November and December, by my predictions... means necessarily that xbox 360 is faultering.
But I do think that when PS3 is beating the xbox 360, and when the PS2, is in turn beating both the xbox 360 and PS3 (at least it did so in North American market)....its hard to not think of Sony, which has two products dominating the xbox 360, as doing somewhat better than microsoft.
Of course the Nintendo Wii is the real story.
But what I've noticed is, one week in last place...and you've been forever in last place. One week in first place, and you've totally turned things around.....bunk!
It seems how the comments go, but in reality, this week is only marginally different from last week.
Sony did surprise me by moving so many units at $399...I thought they would have to dig deeper.
But I think a balanced, analysis, will show that Sony will turn profitable next year...Microsoft this year.
But that is only in the funny world of accounting...to actually, take profits that exceed the already accounted for multiple billiions in losses...both MS and Sony have a ways to go.
In terms of expectations, i have to say both MS and Sony are failures. MS has only one system on the list at all, its in dead last place. Even in north america, being trounced by DS, PSP, Wii, even PS2 sales...and thats their great market.
Sony, once dominate, giving up the lead to Nintendo...not by a little either...being trounced.
So in balance, Nintendo great. Sony and Microsoft...respectable. That's what I think anyway. I don't understand the great enthusiasm for Microsoft, when Microsoft is generally expected to dominate a market, they've been in the video game market for many years, and they've failed to do that.
