Why aren't Sony exclusives/software selling anywhere close to Xbox360?

[Michael-5]

rf40928 said:

mantlepiecek said:
The main reason why Ps3 games sell less than 360 is because of US gamers buy more games than other countries due to relatively higher standard of living combined with population. And the 360 dominates in the USA.
Its got nothing to do with PS3 owners not buying their exclusives. Maybe a little to do with the exclusive variety.

Its one of the reason why 360 can match the PS3 WW in hardware sales even if PS3 outsells it in EMEAA and Japan.

Its a combinations of reasons, but I beleive your reason above is part of it..  The PS3 outsells the 360 in most of the EMEAA areas.. but not by a staggering amount.. sometimes its very close.. rarely is it a crazy number like you get in America.. Look back 10 yrs ago.. The PS2 sold what percentage in the USA?  If the PS3 was selling at that same percentage ..the PS3 would be number 1, not the WIi..  Im not sure if Sony can win the US back next gen.. the only reason PS3 is slowly catching 360 is mainly Japan's PS3 sales.. subtract  Japan who is fiercly loyal to their companies and PS3 would be dead last.. What I always see happening though is the 360 does well like 3 months a year and almost always nullifies any progress the PS3 did the other parts of the year.. nearly every year the PS3 was supposed to have caught up and nearly every year this happens - PS3 slightly outsells Xbox 360 ( enough, but not huge outselling either ).. then a few months 360 sells above PS3 and nearly makes it the way it was before PS3 caught up.. Im waiting to see how Gear 3 increases console sales and the holidays in which 360 usually does better.. Also.. when one drops the price - the other does not far after.. It wont be long till 360 gets a price cut.. Does anyone think MS will sit on its hands long beefore a price cut?  Well they wont wait long.. The PS3 sales are doing better this year , but  fans need to take  into account the 360 is having its best year( of two best selling years of its life )  so far.. so its sales aren't dropping off either.. and the Wii can't be beat or ever caught

It's rare to see someone smart here who actually looks at the data before making strong claims in the forum.

Just want to correct you on one thing, PS3 sells more units in most countries in EMEAA. Only in some European countries (like United Kingdom), and Australia does the 360 outsell the PS3, but in those countries the ratio is quite high. The 360 to PS3 ratio in UK is actually higher then Americas (mainly because Canada and South America dilute the huge lead 360 has in US).

Also, what's really helping Sony in Japan. 360 is basically dead in Japan and if you look at just EMEAA and Americas figures, 360 actually outsells PS3 on most weeks. However since the Japanese market is so small, and largly handheld focused, the lead Sony gains with Japan is usually very small, that's why 360 is still ahead in terms of total consoles. However when PSV comes out, I'm not sure if sony will have this advantage this fall/next year. If their handheld can play PS3 quality games, and gets some PS3/PSV titles, I can definatly see PS3 sales being hurt in Japan, especially since PSV is the same price.