The PS3 did NOT make a comeback.

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BMaker11 said:

GribbleGrunger said:
So let me get this straight: The PS3 was over 5 million behind and either drew level or just got ahead, which means they never made a comeback, but the XB1 is currently still falling behind is 7 million adrift but IS making a comeback. This is sometimes a very confusing forum.

Nah, bro. Apparently, the "comeback" is a perception of the brand......even though every "XBone is making a comeback" thread is about sales, since Xbox has had a good holiday so far. Even though it's still being outsold by PS4, in the grand scheme of things.

Which begs the question: at what point is it "coming back"? If it's about perception of the brand, then why wasn't anyone talking about a "comeback" when they got rid of those assbackwards XBL policies and removed Kinect? DRM, stuff that you pay for already being locked behind a paywall, and forced Kinect were the big 3 things people didn't like about Xbox. Those got 180'd, but no talks of comebacks then. So it must be sales, right? Because of the good November and Black Friday? But it's still being outsold worldwide, so the gap between PS4 and XBone is becoming greater, still. Seriously, on either front, where is this "comeback"?

I think the people talking about comebacks sales wise are just ridiculous. I mean, if we are simply talking USA and UK we can have that conversation regionally but to have it during holiday sales before the dust even settles on a price drop is completely knee jerk, which is nothing new to this forum or its community sadly.

In terms of PR Phil Spencer has been a godsend for the Xbox. Greenberg has been relatively tame in his cave (nto sure if this is Spencer), I mean the biggets complaint about MSFT PR has been terminology revolving around a timed exclusive, which is a HUGE improvement in the last 12-18 months. They constantly release substantial updates to the system firmware, they have released high quality retail games. 

Granted, releasing two Forza games, a Halo game, and entry price dropping $150 in 12 months before the PS4 launches any iteration of its biggest franchises, Uncharted, God of War, Gran Turismo should put things into perspective. Sadly, perspective is frowned upon here when we have hourly amazon sales threads and people reacting to numbers that will get adjusted in January or February anyways, and lead analysts posting news headlines using InfoScout PR verbatige. So carry on, friends.