Sony fighting to stay relevant?

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VicViper said:

On the Vita front maybe... On PS4, no... still a huge brand, probably the biggest of the three (but while not on red alert, a cautious yellow alert is wise)

I think the safer one is MS, really (outside Nintendo in Japan).
Sony must differentiate a little more this time from the Xbox though... I really don't think they can take another round with them, being as similar as this gen. MS is just too powerful to be taken head-on. The famous gap is 2 million in reality, but if you take off Japan (where MS never had or will have a chance) it becomes even bigger... showing how much space Sony lost to them in the west this gen, and how much MS grew... and that happened while Sony did a super fine job (better than MS to most, including me) on game develoment

Actually the only place where Sony really lost to MS is USA. In all of Europe (minus UK) PS3 outsold X360 as well as almost everywhere else in the world. You said if you take off Japan gap would be even bigger, but if you take off US, 360 probably wouldnt even be at the market now. Sony is making a strong userbase in developing countries and those are proven to be quite useful, especially after the gen was over (look at the PS2) and when those countries economies grow, and become comparable to those of the West, Sony will have tremendous advantige in the ''console race''