Will MS ever win a generation?

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That depends what you mean buy winnng. Winning can mean alot of things. Selling the most hardware, selling the most software, earning the most money, having the most support etc
Last gen the 360 beat the PS3 in almost all categories and now they both sit neck and neck on hardware sales.

Hardware sales alone can be very misleading. For example, how many PS3s were sold solely for Blu Ray players? How many of the same people re brought the same console more then once? Ie Slim models, I can safely say the 360 wasnt brought as a Blu Ray player. Also hardware sales can depend on special store sales and bundles etc. This is why I don't take hardware sales seriously.