The HD console war is over, and the result is a tie.

[starcraft]

Kyros said:

the central point is that the PS3 and 360 will never have different enough userbases to cause developers to make PS3/360 exclusive games

I think its more likely than not that the PS3 will outsell the 360 by a big amount till the end of this generation. Could be changed by one successful game but the 360 is essentially dead or falling back outside of America. So if this happens I would say we do not have a "tie". For exclusives: this will depend on the differences in userbase and the ease of ports. But as I said we do not know what will happen.

18 months ago people were saying the Wii doesn't chance a chance against PS3. 6 months ago people on this forum were talking about the PS3 being dead in the water. At the moment you say its a tie between 360 and PS3. I think we should have learned one thing:It is not easy to predict the future.

You realize that it's sales in Europe are significantly higher than this time last year right?  Furthermore, you realize of course that this prior to the release of the only complete GTAIV experience exclusive to the 360 right?  And finally you of course realize that it may receive another European price cut before Christmas alongside Europe-centric games like Fable 2 and Banjo Kazooie 3 right?

Your right.  The 360 is dead outside of America.  /sarcasm

I have little doubt that you struggle to predict the future, as you fail to accurately observe the present.