Microsoft respond to the EDGE article

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kirby007 said:

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

Dark_Feanor said:

Sony outsold Microsoft almost every year (when you coun't year upon year sales from launches equally). Technically Sony is about eight million ahead in overall sales, they are just a year behind. If Sony had launched with Microsoft (hypothetically based on the stats)they would've been ahead by like what...nearly ten mil? LOL....Imagine this gen when they start off correctly and don't piss off consumers. :)

microsoft doubled their original xbox sales, while the ps3 didn't match ps2

yes, the ps3 sells a bit more when comparing with the xbox360 but the trend is better for microsoft

Well of course, most of their marketing occured in America where people will generally pick the cheaper of a similar yet well marketed product. Microsoft got the third parties to be side with them equally to Sony so jumping ship wasn't really that hard. Question? How do you achieve 150 million in sales when another company is shaving gamers off of your marketshare? Together they both have 170 gamers between them. Put those together and you have the PS2 numbers and nearly the Xbox sales. By the end of this generation the numbers between the two brands will have gone over last gens total combined between the two.