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X360 releasing a year in front of the PS3 has helped the X360 remain competitive with the PS3 and helped the X360 gain vital third party developers and secure console exclusives and timed exclusives.

When designing a multi-platform game the lowest specification system X360 is preferred by third party developers. X360 is more similar to PC game development than the PS3.

X360 has maintained a lead over the PS3 for 5 and a half years. X360 lead reached a maximum of 8 million+ units back in 2008. Now the X360 lead over the PS3 has been reduced down to 2.5 to 2.7 million lead and falling.