While I think you're sort of correct - that MS has improved this generation and made itself a more viable competitor to Sony - I also think a lot of that is due to reasons out of their control - namely that it wouldn't be here without a lot of help from Wii and Sony's own poor decision making. Moreover, I suspect that this is not really where MS wanted the 360 to be - trailing in Europe, still DOA in Japan, and plagued by reputation-killing technical problems.







