If there is a 360 slim, I doubt the PS3 will pass the 360 worldwide before the next Xbox is released.
If there isn't a 360 slim, the PS3 will beat the 360 LTD.
The slim, amongst other things, encourages rebuys. Especially in light of a new probably bundled device(Natal) and the fact that the RRoD stigma could be rebutted with a redesign.
I find it very hard to believe that Microsoft would let Sony win, when they have so many tricks up their sleeve, and they can afford to pull them, unlike Sony, who can't afford it. MS said at E3 that they will end up beating Sony this generation, and I believe that they have a strategy to make that prediction come true.
That said, in their minds, and in mine, the generation is over when the first next gen console is released. It's kind of a hollow victory to cheer the PS3 passing the 360 several years into next generation. Especially considering how high hopes were for Sony at the end of last generation.
There is little doubt that Microsoft took the Xbox brand from non-existence to equal placing with the Playstation brand inside of 2 generations. If you want to talk about the "pace" of things, where does that put the next Xbox relative to the next Playstation next gen. Imagine if Microsoft actually makes their next console where it doesn't die on a regular basis.
Sony made some DUMB moves this gen, bigtime. Especially at the beginning of the generation. As dumb as I've ever seen in business. They paid for it by dropping rapidly to 3rd place and staying there for years. If they blunder like that again, it's over.
I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.
NO NO, NO NO NO.
