| Squilliam said: It does follow the same trend with the generation. 2006 Xbox, 2007 PS3, 2008 Xbox, 2009 PS3, 2010 Xbox? At least in terms of performance in the 2nd part of the year. |
Exactly THIS.
For the record, I can't completely buy the OP's numbers because at the current sales rate (PS3 outsold the 360 WW in January only 40k). At that rate, the gap would only be down to just under 6 million by the end of Aug (before likely price adjustments). How could it get down to 4.5 million, especially when VGC keeps making adjustments that widen the gap?
As stated before by a few wise souls here, people overreacted to the PS3 sales bump in 2009 just like they did to the 360 sales bump in 2008 and the PS3's other sales bump in 2007.
So how about this, I'm going to give everyone here something to feel celebratory about: the Xbox 360 will be the best selling 2nd place console in history and the Playstation 3 will be the best selling 3rd place console in history. Glass half full, folks. Glass half full.
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