I can't believe what some of you are posting in this thread. Were you not around for the past eight years while Microsoft transformed the "Blade" system of the Xbox 360 to what it is today? How they boosted the console's image with a near relaunch when the dashboard was redesigned in 2008? And effectively released another console in 2010 with Kinect?
All of these things allowed the Xbox 360 to stay relevant for eight years and sell way after anyone should have cared compared to a typical console life cycle. The 360 will easily be around for another year or two before the major shift happens to the new generation of consoles.
I could say similar things about the PS3.
You have to stop being shortsighted in your assessment of numbers.
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