In your view, has the 360´s 1 year headstart done more good than harm?

[johnsobas]

if it is doing so much harm then how could 360 be on pace to easily pass xbox in all major territories despite the fact that it is at a much higher price and they aren't selling it at a huge loss like they were with the xbox to compete with the ps2.

The 360 greatly benefited because it's now getting nearly all the games the PS2 used to have as exclusives from 3rd parties (multi or not), and the major difference is they are getting them at the same time not a year later. Most of the PS3 exclusives now are 1st/2nd party or are binded by money, you could say the same thing for 360 exclusives, but that is a huge improvement over what happened last gen.