People say it is Marathon between PS3 and X360 and now PS3 is on par or have some leads comparing to X360. But I would say this is a Marathon between Playstation brand and Xbox brand.
Playstation brand departured 6~7 years earlier than Xbox and what I saw is the Xbox brand is catching up and the gap between 2 brands is getting narrowed.
MS, please fix your issue in Mainland Europe and Japan.