Why Microsoft has no chance of being number 1

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Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

kowenicki said:

To which I counter with the continuing relevance (dominance) of the PS2 in the first year and a half of the 360.

You cant pick and choose.   My thread is bare neutral facts.  Not spin, not selective timescales and no "ahhh but"... just facts.

Again, its circumstansial. I'm going off you're chart so I don't know how much the PS2 sold during the 360's launch but I doubt it was close to its peak years. 

The generations are very chronistic.

But it is a fact that the PS3 and 360 are on different timescales and that the competition that the PS3 faced in its eigth year was much heavier than what the 360 faced, and even what the ps2 faced in the same timeperiod.

Comparing the PS3's eighth year to the 360's ninth year is more accurate because thats in the same timeframe, with the same events happening to both of them at the same time. With that consideration your own chart seems to go against your claim that "The ps3 is dying quicker than the 360 actually."

However, this decline is also accelerated by next-gen adoption, so I don't understand how this information has any bearing on predicting the future success of the next gen consoles, expecially when we don't know how 9th gen will look.

See what you are trying to do is be "fair" when business is anything but. If we are comparing the consoles in their 8th year, then you do just that. No exceptions.

Their are many factors and excuses. I could say 360 held onto the same NA pricing since 2008 where as PS3 dropped $150 in 5 years and introduced a $200 model just to stay competitive to the coasting 360. But again, it doesn't change the facts. PS3 dropping faster in its 8th year then 360 did. Regardless of market conditions, which are always changing.