Can X360/PS3 reach 100 million sold units?

[Mr Puggsly]

bouzane said:

 

“Sorry but it's blatantly obvious that the PS3 will overtake the 360's lifetime sales and it was just as obvious last year.”

This is it, this was my entire point. This was the exact statement. Nothing more, nothing less. Everything else I said was in support of this.

 
Me: Wow, you are getting shafted. I live in Canada where everything is more expensive, I thought it was a very safe bet that your 360 sale prices were at least as good if not better. It doesn't change the fact that the 360 is cheaper though and will gain less from continued price cuts.

Me: My entire point is that the PS3 is bound to overtake the 360 in sales. I'm not talking about the profitability of the 360's hardware or Live service. Microsoft's profits are unrelated to the original point I made.

Me: Again, I absolutely couldn't care less about the Xbox brand or the actual importance of the PS3 outselling the 360. I stated that the PS3 outselling the 360 was an eventuality, nothing else.

Kettle: Personal attacks, you mean like "you're under the illusion" or your statement here about my logic and comprehension.

The PS3 is going to eventually outsell the Xbox 360, in terms of LTD, global hardware sales, before the discontinuation of the each system. I feel confident in making this assertion based upon the facts that the gap stands at only 2 million units, the PS3 is currently outselling the 360, the PS3 is more expensive and stands to benefit more greatly from the next round of price cuts.

*This is where you either agree or disagree and support your claim with RELEVANT evidence that refutes my claim.*

Why couldn't you just do this to begin with?

The best 360 deals I've seen have been in Canada. But Canada is a small market, so maybe MS does that to help make a worthwhile userbase there. Frankly, Canada just isn't important.

I'm actually not arguing which platform is more profitable (not that PS3 is profitable), I'm aruging who is more motivated by profit than sales.

You pointed out how the Kinect and PSN outage is not stopping the PS3 from overtaking the 360. But you ignore the 360 hasn't seen a price cut since 2008 and also charges for online play. Hence, you ignored PS3 advatages and focused only on the 360.

We can wrap up sales discussion there, if you'd like. We ultimately agree it will happen. But maybe not the reasons why.

Fair enough, I started with the illusion thing. It lead to an even more condescending response. End of story.

Indeed, the PS3 is outselling the Xbox 360. In fact, The same thing happened last year. But then the holidays rolled around, the competition was trounced, and 360 became the best selling console of the year. Will that happen again? Seems unlikely, but it seemed unlikely last year as well.