Only 5.3 million 360s sold within a 1 year headstart? Launching in 3 major regions near simultaneously at a cheaper entry price than the PS3... Does make one wonder what all the super sales praising from the media and fanboys was all about for the 360's first year on the market. 
The PS2 sold roughly 2.7 times this amount the last 2 fiscal years despite market saturation kicking in and the PS3 taking over.
Taking sold to retailer data as a measure the PS3 considerably outsold the 360 taking equal timeframes.
- Microsoft sold 4.3 million 360s worldwide in the last quarter of 2007, making it 7.3 million in total for the year.
- Sony sold 4.9 million PS3s worldwide in the last quarter of 2007, totalling 8.83 million for the year.
For the first quarter of 2008 Sony sold 1 million more PS3s than Microsoft sold 360s, which is very good for a slow period.
The PS3 has considerably outsold the 360 for North America as a whole this year (NPD). The PS3 has consistently outsold the 360 for Europe with much bigger margins since its launch and even overtaken the 360's total install base for the region despite a 16-17 month headstart (3 holiday seasons for the 360, only 1 for the PS3), for Japan the PS3 already has 3.6 times the install base and has been outselling the 360 by a factor 35 to 1 and 12 to 1 due to the release of MGS4 these last 2 weeks.
This all despite a lower 360 entry pricing and nearly all the major XBox sequels already out on the market and a complete lack of XBox support ever since the 360 launched (pushing people to upgrade faster).
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