| raygun said: I love all the posts saying 'when will PS3 catch up to 360?' Imagine 2 cars in a 4 lap car race, and the 360 car gets a 1 lap head start. People are saying the 360 is ahead? Right! Well, to even things out, lets factor in that extra 'lap' of sales, 5.9 million xbox360's in it's first year. You can either minus that from the total 360 sales (42 m) or add it to the PS3 sales (36.6m) to nullify that head start, either way PS3 is ahead, 36m for 360 vs 36.6m for PS3, or 42m 360 vs 42.6m PS3. When a race has staggered starting of the contestants, you don't look at who's nearest the finish line, but their distance/time for the race so far. |
you're over-simplifying things, though. What if the Xbox spent as much money and time on development costs as the PS3? the 360 entered development LATER than the PS3, and made it to market a year in advance. Sony could have easily developed a slightly less advanced console, and had it to market alongside the 360. But instead, they chose to experiment. Everyone expected them to win the generation starting out, and they clearly had the strongest brand. TO use your analogy - the race began at the launch of the first console in the generation, the PS3 essentially used a prototype car that stalled at the starting line. They were even first in the qualifiers, but their competitor swerved around them and raced past in a smaller cheaper car. The PS3 should have been able to close the gap, but a series of bad decisions early on limited their potential.
