HappySqurriel on 28 December 2007
| jjseth said: It's just a matter of time before the PS3 passes by the 360. The 360 is already losing steam and the PS3 is gaining ground. Call the PS3 a failure because you happen to think that because there have been a few models out already to replace original launch equipment. The PS2 was very much the same way with releasing updated PS2's at a frequent rate. The reason they do that is because they find cost savings by shrinking down parts and components, they can remove some things that doesn't affect gaming with PS3 games. It just seems like it's much more drastic because Sony has HD's that are in these consoles now and that can be a good way to market the system. The ps2 had what? 12 different versions in it's life cycle? Or it may have been more, but nobody complained and stated that "The PS2 is dying and nobody is buying it!!" like they are for the PS3. |
VGChartz Hardware data for the period 07th Jan 2007 to 23rd Dec 2007:
| Console | PS3 | X360 |
Total | 7,176,184 | 7,732,127 |
VGChartz Hardware data for the period 08th Jul 2007 to 23rd Dec 2007:
| Console | PS3 | X360 |
Total | 4,660,878 | 5,282,605 |
I could be wrong but I see little evidence that the XBox 360 is losing steam in comparison to the PS3 ... On a worldwide scale the XBox 360 slightly outsells the PS3, and outside of Japan the XBox 360 outsells the PS3 by a fairly wide margin; this has not changed since the PS3 launched.
In order for the XBox 360 to be losing steam you would expect it to lose ground to the PS3, and for the "PS3 outselling the XBox 360" to be " just a matter of time" you'd first need the PS3 to ... I don't know ... outsell the XBox 360!
