WHO WON THIS GEN

[Cos]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Cos said:
Xbox 360 elevated everyone's game in the online department, every else had to play catch up
Wii, sold the most hardware software - but should really be considered a market of its own
PS3 is winning overall hardware sales, but is behind Xbox 360 by about 88 million pieces of software.
Xbox Gained huge market share this generation
PS3 lost huge market share this generartion

So
Nintendo
Xbox 360
PS3

Xbox Live did not majorly cause their sales to rise. Microsoft likened their product in third party offerings to Sony so gamers couldnt tell the difference. When Sony slipped up with the price people sided with Microsoft because the it was cheaper and the third party titles were all 95% the same. Sony won but it was cleanly because of better first party.

Xbox Live was a huge part of why Xbox 360 was so successful, it absolutly had a huge part in its sales numbers.  Look back at Xbox live on the original xbox i.e. Halo1.  Look at the PS2 which had no online to speak of.  Come this generation, having LIVE multiplayer was a huge reason why I, and a lot of other people purchased a 360.  Look at the upcomming generation: Sony now offers a robust online solution, that it now charges for.

Gotta give some credit back to the Sega Dreamcast who saw the future of online gameplay.

Your comment to me is completely ignorant of the facts in regards to how online multiplayer helped the 360 sales. Sony sliped up on overpriced system, hardware that was extreemly difficult to program for and memory configuration.   The Cell was great in concept, poor in execution, with the exception of a handfull of first party games.  Sony's online was crap for the first few years and finally has caught up.  So yes ONLINE LIVE did help sell systems.