360 WILL be ahead of the PS3 after this year is over but I think the gap will be cut significantly.

Sales later this year will be dependent on how Sony's Arc and Microsoft's Natal performs, games won't be the major selling point for hardware later this year the motion controls will mark my words, this is what both console makers are focusing on for the last half of the year.

If Natal lives up to the hype I really can see the 360's sales going off the scale, the hype surrounding Natal is already huge and will only get bigger after E3, Sony's Arc has a LOT to live up to as at the moment it just looks like a wii mote copy.


I expect the gap to get even larger (in 360's favour) and maybe the biggest it has ever been by this time next year, this is IF Microsoft gets Natal right on price, game support and marketing.

Oh, and don't forget Halo: Reach, this WILL be the biggest exclusive game this year, the recent gameplay video looks amazing and the hype around it is fantastic and it is HALO!

I can't believe people aren't getting a ban for stuff like this. Microgay? come on. Not a great start with 5 posts.

Trolling at its best I'd say lol

All current indications point to NATAL addon w/ game to be in the $49-$79 range and bundled with all new 360s at current price points.

@ ramses01: well if the price is really in the $49-$79 range then pricing shouldn't be a big issue. the only question now will its games support the hardcore crowd fan base and cause the casual crowd to purchase consoles. just gotta wait and see and also pray that it doesn't have hardware issues but i think ms learned from their mistakes

As each week goes by things look more and more like this year will turn out to be another 2008. PS3 selling about 1m-2m more over the 360 by around september and then 360 price cut, new model+Natal come out which like 2008 will just sell loads and make those numbers back.

A big difference to then though is the early weeks the PS3 360 gap was quite big. In 2008 it was around 50k a week. Now it is around 20k a week. At the current rate you have to think it is going to be a lot closer this time around.

I still stick by my prediction 360 will sell more consoles then ps3 in 2010. Worldwide for the 1st 6 weeks of the year PS3 has only sold 200k more consoles then the 360. While in 2008 it was around 250k. So this means the price cut this time around has had less effect, that is also with the final fantasy effect in Japan. As the weeks go by and start to stabalise you would have to guess world wide ps3 will probably sell around 10k-20k more then the 360 per week. A potential decrease in the gap by about 80k a month or around 400k total.

With the games coming out for both consoles it will be interesting to see what effect they have on hardware sales if they have any effect at all.

i say MS will still be ahead by around 3 mil by the end of the year. by the end of 2011 they will be surpassed. unless of course natal is the most amazing product to ever hit the market, which i'm not banking on.

Holly shit thank you!!!.....

M$ was not even looking at nintendo just sony and nintendo killed M$ in every way.

Nintendo=win

M$=same as last gen

Sony= epic fail compared to last gen.

and ima sony supporter. the only underdog was nintendo this gen.

Um yea gears of war 3...have you heard anything about it?
Heavy Rain>Alan Wake
God of war 3>Halo:Reach
Wii>Natal
Gran Turismo>Forza