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Jay520 on 28 November 2011
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XanderZane said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
BHR....read this..



This is why the 360 will not outsell the PS3. If the PS3 had launched with the 360 without the years head start the PS3 would be ahead of the 360 by over 10 million consoles. You can see by the PS3's advances that they have Microsofts number worldwide.


Once the price of the PS3 got to be reasonable, all the Japanese gamers finally decided to buy it. There are more PS3 fans in Europe & Japan then XBox 360 fans. That's really the difference in sales. These foreign country rarely embrace American systems. If America did the same to the PS3, what Japan does to the XBox 360, the PS3 would never win.



I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here. Japan weighs heavily in the PS3's favor, definitely, but the difference is so small that it only affects a miniscule amount of the overall gap.

As for EMEAA, the gap there is quite small also. Only 3-4 million units last time I checked. I'd say both brands are equal in potential. The small difference in this region mainly comes from the difference in offerings by MS & Sony. Bias or "Anti-American agenda" has very little existence here, considering the 360 has just as much potential as the PS3. It's just up to Microsoft to capture that potential. (They've said it themselves actually)

Actually I'd say America is where a large portion of the gap comes from. Last time I checked, the gap there for the PS3 & 360 was over 11 million in favor of the 360.

Also, I'm not really sure how you came to the conclusion that foreign countries rarely embrace American systems, considering the 360 is like the only serious American system ever made. Aside from Japan, I'd say those "foreign countries" have given the 360 as pretty fair chance.

Anyway, none of this matters anyway. Debating over 'why' these regions act the way they do is off-topic. The main purpose of this thread is to argue if & how much they will act.