is ps3 actually selling better than 360?

[sales2099]

Mazty said:

sales2099 said:

Mazty said:

Comparing weekly sales is how business analysis is done, not by going "derp 1 year lead lets ignore that". The fact that it looks like the PS3 will over take, or come very close to, the 360 shows that it is a more popular console than the 360.

Software sold is irrelevant. Simple as that. 

Why compare it to the PS2? Markets change, this is reality. It's a case of staying relevant each and every time. When a sport club fails to achieve the exact same posistion as the previous year, is that year then deemed a failure? No. This again is another case os psuedo gamering analyser creating arbitrary rules.

Based on your 1st sentence, it would be fair (or unfair if your a PS fan) to use 2005-Nov 2006 weekly sales, where PS3 sold 0 every week. PS3 was supposed to launch globally in spring 2006, did you know that? Weve always counted lifetime sales. But considering it has mainland Europe and Japan, I am not surprised. But the fact that it is taking this long is a Xbox victory in itself.

Do you live in Spain, Japan, France? Because most posters here are from NA and UK....Xbox turf. I am starting to find it hilarious that PS fans who live in 360 turf pretend they give a damn about what the Spanish or Japanese gamers like when they dont live there. This paragraph is just a mini rant, but I digress.

Software sold is irrelevant because PS3 sold less lol. Just saying cant say something is more successful when clearly gamers bought a ton more games on the rival console.

Why not compare this to last gen? You come into a new round with the rep you had from the last one. Xbox rose to the occasion and PS, no matter how you slice it, took a step back for the brand. The relevancy of this is different to everybody, but it does mean soemthing when comparing the stability of each brand.

You aren't making any sense. Week on week, you don't go "hurr hurr they weren't released then" if we are trying to guage popularity of a product. Sheer sales, yes obviously the 360 has sold more, but what is that fact actually worth when all the factors are considered? Very little is the answer - they had a years lead so no shit. The interesting fact is with a years lead they are only ~1 million consoles ahead. 

Check the profile - UK.

Who determines the success of a car by the amount of rims sold for it? No one. So why are you talking about software?
Last gen = different market, different conditions. 

Just doing what has been a gamer tradition since the invention of the internet. We count total, lifetime sales, and the gen starts when the 1st one releases. You version is pure spin to make up for Sonys mismanagement in PS3s pre launch and post launch. 360 gained popularity while PS3 was just buzz. Sorry but thats what happened.

"The interesting fact is with a years lead they are only ~1 million consoles ahead."

I can say 360 had RROD, no Europe and Japan bailing them out. Not to mention PS3 had PS2 brand power bailing it out in its early years and Xbox went from a 25 million install base to 77 million and counting. The gap now can only be described as a PS loss.

Last gen still determines the starting position and brand power of the console. Sony messed up and MS gained. Dont drag Nintendo into this, as they clearly used fickle casuals that simply didnt carry over to this gen. Keep this Xbox vs PS.