PS3 widening the gap with 360: gap is now 1 million

[MessiaH]

happydolphin said:

MessiaH said:
I remember back when xbox players always pointed out how the ps3 was behind in sales. I was so confused as to the stupidity behind this comment since the ps3 was released a year later and would only naturally be behind the 360 in terms of sales. I mean, all these guys have obviously eaten their socks right now with a healthy side of skid-marked boxers - but to claim a victory over something so stupid - and especially post 2009/2010 when you could easily argue the case that the ps3 is catching up even though it came out a year later. I'm sure their feelings were hurt. What an interesting generation this has been.

The PS3 floundered at launch and Sony was in a bad situation for most of the PS3's time until Kaz came to take office as CEO. So Sony was doing bad and positive 360 forecasts weren't bad. Few had expected the 360 to have kind of saturated in its biggest market, the US.

Absolutely, the PS# MORE than floundered at the start. It was a disaster! Hahaha. But still, what I am trying to say is, when someone claims a vitory that their machine sold more even though it was on the market for an extra year - i just never understood how someone can claim that a victory. Its been on the market for an extra year, of course it would sell more. The way I saw it was the 2 systems were pretty much on par with one another midway through the generation onwards. Even saying the PS3 beat 360 at this point, I mean - sure they passed them in sales, but these 2 machines are so close they might as well be regarded as equals. Both had their failures and both had their successes - but there was never a clear dominance of one over the other a la PS2 vs gamecube/xbox or even Wii vs PS3/360.