PS3, Wii and xbox360 numbers

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Mark2008 said:

The Microsoft Xbox 360 is going to have an advantage in America, for a couple reasons, one is that Microsoft is an American company that understands the American market. Secondly, the Microsoft brand, while certainly a worldwide brand, is also strongest in America.

And once a platform gets a certain marketshare, the market tends to want to consolidate around a single platform....you want the same system your friends have, you want to protect your investment, you want longevity... you don't want an early death, like the original Xbox, or the gamecube...you want ps2 type lifespan.

Some people believed that Microsoft was a safe bet, because they are willing to lose milliions, illegally dump product, and other tactics that courts have shown are anti-competitive and illegal, in order to dominate a market...

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LOL!  Well, if you're going to accuse M$ of illegally dumping product, then you're going to have to accuse Sony of the same thing.  They lost more out of the gate on each PS3 than M$ did on each 360.

 

Unless I'm mistaken, consoles are like razors.  You lose money on the razor and make money on the blades (software).   I'm not a big fan of M$... I was going to get a PS3 initially.  But then I got tired of waiting for the PS3 and bought a 360 to play Halo and Oblivion.  In some ways I like the PS3 better (many of my friends have one), in some ways I like the 360 better, particularly considering the large number of games available (I own 13 games for the 360).

 

But I do agree with the very first part of your post... people want to protect their investment, etc.