IGN: Why Xbox 360 Still Leads the Market

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Michael-5 said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

Michael-5 said:
LOL how to make a flash e-card....

Like I said 360 sales are greater then PS3's in the combined EMEAA/Americas annually. 360 is a very successful console. PS3 might overtake 360 in terms of total sales, but no faster then sales in Japan accumulate, and I honestly feel the Japanese region sales will die off sooner then the rest of the world. If they die off before PS3 overtakes 360, or just become marginal, I don't think PS3 will ever overtake 360.

Even if it does, who cares. X-Box 1 overtook Gamecube at the end of that gen, but I still look back and think Nintendo and MS had similar sales that gen, and PS3 crushed them. and it was bigger. PS3 was like a fatty in comparison lol. Wii is crushing this time, and 360/PS3 are doing about on par.

now the highlighted par in the first paragraph we've debated before and happily disagree but the second paragraph i completely agree with.

360 was the first console this gen to sale 10m ww., and what i rally hate about the authors argument is that it doesn't mention how even with a 1 yr. head start the 360 couldn't hold off the Wii. it was a surprise to many and what the PS3 has done is a surprise to many, but the real problem i have with the one yr. head start is that if it really mattered PS3 would have out sold 360 like the Wii did, so the one yr. head start is a BS argument that shouldn't even be mentioned in a conversation about sales.

fanboys spinning the numbers. it didn't happen so there's no way to know if PS3 would have out sold 360 in a time where there was an aligned launch.

No we didn't. 360 sells better then PS3 in the combined EMEAA/Americas region almost every week, and for the annual total, it does. For a quick reference 360 sold 13.4 million units in the combined Americas/EMEAA region in 2010, and PS3 sold 560k less units at 12.84 million. (Wii sold 15.98 units, so 360 could top Nintendo off this year). M5 you have a bad memory.

Japan sales are what kept PS3 sales above 360 sales last year. So 360 is a very successful console. still you have a bad memory.

For 2011 sales in combined EMEAA/Americas are 8.4 million for PS3, 7.95 million units for 360, and 6.75 for the Wii. However it's unlikely it will end this way because 360 and Wii tend to have stronger holidays then PS3. we've done this already hadn't. realized PS3 was doing so good, but history repeats its self.

You bolded so much, but only replied to the one aspect. that was the point. i like to try and stay on topic. well in the beginig anyway lol.

Who knows what could have happened if PS3 launched in 2005. I don't think it would have helped Sony because in 2006, the PS3 was a $600 machine, so it may have been more expensive in 2005, and I do agree with the author that many early PS3 supporters bought a PS3 because it was a cheap blue-ray player. Most PS3 gamers I know who are 30 plus got the PS3 for this reason and got maybe about 3-4 games lifetime. thats the only thing i agree with the author on

The PS3 was barely ready to be launched in 2006, a launch in 2005 may have actually hurt the PS3 more then it helped. thats my point and the other reason i hate the aligned luanch theory.

On the same note, a launch in 2006 for 360 could have helped. Launching the console so early gave rise to a substantial fail rate, and gave the console a bad image. It was this bad image that you could argue helped early PS3 sales. likely

However non of this did happen, it's all speculation. You can't argue that PS3 would have sold better if it launched at the same time as 360 regardless if it's a 2005 or 2006 launch. thats my point

The only thing you can get from an article like this is that 360 is successful, and it's going to hold strong in the next coming years. PS3 is also very strong.... lilekly

that's it. if you say so. i'm just here for the pie lol.