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

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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.

This time last year, the X360 was beating PS3 in Others, Europe and America. The Xbox can easily beat the PS3 in Europe/Others at any one time. For PS3 to beat the Xbox in America ... well even with the slim it's not made a dent.

Therefore

America - Xbox >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PS3
Others - PS3 >> Xbox
Japan - PS3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Xbox

In that respect, Microsoft have a wider audience to sell to. As Others/Europe isn't as Sony dominated as you like to think.

But all in all, I believe Sony is bigger in gaming than Microsoft, as far as the current gen goes though, they're 100% equal if anything ..