good analysis misterd
and certainly some good achievements by Microsoft
but I do think that you overstress the importantness of the North American market
the PS3 came out in march 2007 out in Others
versus the 360 in may 2005
and is cathing up the 360's total there
in NA, the PS3 is equelling the 360 in it's second year versus the 360 in it's third year
for Japan, it would be shocking if at some moment, december or begin 2009,
the market still wouldn't fall for the PS3
with the Others being or becoming the largest market, and revenue-wise easily the most important
and the PS3 still doing good in North America
the PS2 also still doing great
then the trap might be set for Microsoft if they would release their next Xbox somewhere in fall 2010,
against a PS3 at the end of it's forth year in NA
and 3,5 years out in Others
remember
the Xbox released in the PSX's 7/8th year
and 1 after the PS2
but then they launched the 360 all of a sudden 1 year before the PS3 in NA
and even two years before in Europe!
so if they continue the same pattern of sypporting the their Xbox 360 4 to 5 years
they will launch the next Xbox 2 to 3 years before the PS4
and that's taking on the Playstation heads on in the years it should be on it's strongest, with a PS4 for 2012
that looks like a great finale battle
after which one might bail out, or markets might get diveded
''Hadouken!''
