Who will reach 70m first? PS3 or Xbox 360

[scottie]

thismeintiel said:

scottie said:
PS3 is at 55.8 M, not 56. 360 is at 58.4, not 58.

PS3 needs 14.2
360 needs 11.6

PS3 needs to outsell the 360 by more than 1.22:1
360 is currently outselling the PS3 by 1.16:1.

This requires an immediate increase in PS3:360 sales of 142%. Being as the next week of data is likely to be good for the 360, it will require an even bigger increase.

I'm sorry, I don't see it happening.

That's a very skewed way of looking at sales.  You are using the most recent sales numbers, while disregarding the sales numbers of this entire year.  Before the holidays hit, the PS3 has amassed a sales gap of ~1.5 million for this year.  Sure the 360 is probably going to knock off ~500K-700K before the end of the year, thanks to the holidays in America.  That still leaves a gap of ~900K-1M.  Having said that, I think they will either arrive at 70 million around the same time or with the 360 a few months ahead.  However, the PS3 will most likely reach 80 million first.

Yes, but the next month's worth of data will be extremely similar to this weeks data. This will be millions of sales for both consoles, and will give the 360 an even bigger lead. It won't be till January that the PS3 even has a chance to start cutting down the gap.