Numbers That MS Needs To Pull To Tie The PS3 For 2011. And Why I Think It Is Now Impossible.

[Michael-5]

thismeintiel said:

Darth Tigris said:

@ Micheal-5

I'm still not buying that shortages led to a ~102K gap for the PS3 above the 360 for the last week of December.  Not when 2010, with no 360 shortages, has the PS3at a  ~258K lead over the 360 (I would guess the PS3 price cut helped boost it an additional 158K-178K).  And in 2007, with no 360 shortages, the PS3 had a ~91K lead over the 360.  Then with the 360 having a much better price advantage with a new $199 SKU in 2008, it only beat the PS3 by ~4K, or a statistical tie.  And more importantly, in 2006, with the PS3 not being released in most of EMEAA yet, while the 360 was, the 360 only beat it by ~33K.

2009 (not 2010 like you said) PS3 had a crazy fall with the PS3 Slim. That year was a bizarre year where the PS3 outsold the 360 in the holiday season.

What happened in 2008? 360 outsold PS3 by 4k :-O!

Maybe PS3 will outsell 360, Japan takes longer to drop in sales, and that's why Ps3 holds longer. However If there is a gap, I think it will be <100k. So the annual total difference will be 500k.