Jega said:
Sony may pass xbox 360 worldwide, but not in the UK and USA.
The only way PS3 surpasses Xbox in the UK and USA is if Microsoft pulls Xbox 360 out of retail before Sony pulls the PS3 out of retail. Which may be for a long time yet, as the PS2 is still in retail.
The company that should be celebrating is Microsoft. The first Xbox sold 24 million lifetime.
The PS3 selling this much was always a possibility once Sony dropped the price.
The thing is PS3 has not been profitable for Sony. While the Xbox 360 has been profitable for Microsoft.
The one billion dollar question is where would the PS3 be today if Sony choose to make a profit and kept the
PS3 price at $400.
Another question would be what if Microsoft chose to go for sales instead of profits, where would Xbox 360 sales
be today?
Microsoft chose profitability over sales. Which is crucial if you want to stay in business.
Just some points for all you Playstation fanboys to think about.
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god forbid we be able to celebrate something without someone coming in and bringing up these same tired points. If Sony had stayed at $400 they would have far less systems to sell software on. It's been well documented and obvious that 360 was an improvement, doesn't mean passing a rival isn't worth celebrating, especially when every gen is a clean slate so there was no advantage coming in for PS. In fact it's amazing it's sold as well as it has considering it was about twice as much as the competition, had a terrible architecture, released later, and had no system sellers till 08 (great games but not mass market hitters). It's been strong first party and free online carrying the load and it's finally going to reflect in sales.
