PS3 surpassing Xbox 360 countdown: Let the end finally begin.

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Slimebeast said:

A Pyrrhic victory.

To achieve this victory Sony were forced to drop the console price much faster than MS did, they had to pump out first party exclusives and they had to keep their online service free of charge, even launching a service that showers its customers with free games, while MS confidently kept hoarding money with Xbox Live.

Agreed. They dropped the price faster and it was the most expensive console taking the biggest loss. PS2 didn't launch with a loss so xbox made them change the way they run their business. They tripped up and lost a lot of marketshare to the 360 and still haven't caught up this late into the gen when 2 of the 3 successors have been at least announced the WiiU has been out for a little while and the 720 announcement is just days away. It is a victory but a victory that should/could have happened years ago.