nightsurge, do you think that if MS cuts the price of the 360 again this year, the 'Others' region will respond as well as they did back in 2008?...or do you think, taking into account the region (except the UK) seems to prefer the PS brand a bit more , it won´t have the same kind of impact?

I´m only talking about price cuts here, obviously there are other factors that´ll play a role (Natal, for example).

Sure, but that's throwing a lot of qualifications in.  I mean, I'd also say 360's "performed well" considering the hurdles it hand in terms of brand identity, pricepoint, failure rate, lack of exclusives, lack of regional management, etc.

In way, I don't think it should come as a surprise if PS3 comes in second in Europe overall.  It should more be expected (or depending on perspective, 1st should've been expected even), the only real surprise would be if 360 squeaked by in end and stole it.

jarrod, if the PS3 had been released at $300 (dunno if it´d still have Blu-Ray, Cell, etc...but it was released at $300), do you think it´d be hovering around the 40 million mark by now?

Others = / = Europe

Microsoft also leads in Australia and some other smaller markets.

Just a quick reminder that I created this poll because I wanted to know what people think about the idea whether the PS3 or 360 would reach the 15m milestone first in Others. I encourage healthy discussions along with personal opinions and statements, but not to the extend that we are upsetting anyone.

CGI.. back in 2007, did you think there was a good possibility the PS3 would just have tanked and died for good?

It´d have been really unbelievable....."successor to the most successful system of all time doesn´t make it past its first year"...it´d have been quite weird.

Last time i checked PS3 was leading the 360 in other in late January!

Whats happened??!?!?!?

I sort of agree with all that actually.  It also just feels like PS3's stumbles bely the sort of overwhelming brand strength PlayStation had, and still has to some degree.  Old favorites die hard.  I mean hell, the UK still loves Sonic and Sega, while they've been a joke for generations now market wise.

I tend to think Arc will actually go over much better in Japan and Europe than America.  I think it could help revive the Minna no/Hot Shots sports games too actually (which did better on PS1/PS2 in JP/EU anyway).  GT5's going to be absolutely huge in Europe, but I sort of figure Sony pushed it back to help PS3 in leu of a fall pricedrop.  I sort of see GT5 as more of a "holding the fort" sort of effect for them, rather than really pushing hardware above and beyond competitively.

I have nothing wrong with opinions at all, my friend.  It was your immature tone and your lack of the actual words "IMO" that made you sound like you were speaking in absolutes and came off as quite biased.

Well after 112 votes until now, the 360 is enjoying a slim lead over the PS3 though it is fairly evenly split. I guess we will just have to wait and see the impact of new software releases on the HW sales.