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Kai Master said:

360 would have lead in all countries except Japan is only MS didn't charge for XBox Live, the very one point that leads gamers to choose PS3 over 360 (BRD is not such a strong factor, moreover piracy is harder on PS3 as I heard).
MS did a critical mistake on charging for XBox Live, even if the service is more secure...


Quite the contrary, actually. Charging for Xbox Live has been an absolutely huge home run for Microsoft. Xbox Live is a revenue and profit juggernaut for MS, bringing in about a billion dollars of revenue per year, with a gigantic profit margin. You can bet your behind that Sony and Nintendo wish they had the revenue stream that Microsoft gets every year from Xbox Live.