Have Microsoft solidified themselves as a gaming giant equal to Sony?

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jesus kung fu magic said:

Carl2291 said:
Equal to Sony? No.

Sony have great sales in all regions and have 3 platforms on the market, wheras Microsoft only have 1 platform on the market, that only has great sales in America and a small part of Europe. It has yet to pick up any kind of real momentum in Japan.

All you need to do is take a look at this weeks sales. Without the "Americas", the 360 only sold ~50k in the rest of the world, wheras the PS3 sold ~100k in the rest of the world.

I would say though, that the Xbox brand is now greater than the PS brand in the US, and possibly in the UK.

Sorry for quoting this post again but I was in shock when I saw that MS still hold the lead for the others region......making sony only having the advantage in the Japan region.

You can't scrap out one of the biggest gaming market...in order for Microsoft to be the same as Sony, it HAS to gain Japan. Don't bring the nationalism thing, cause the same could be said about the X360 in the US. So no, they are not equal to Sony, but they are getting there.