The europenan price cut was four weeks ago, it drops is sales, and they come back up. The SKU is still more expensive than any 360 console.  

Ha. What about the Japanese price cuts, the new models and all the other stuff which people have been mentioning countless times, but you have ignored in pursuit of your "no one can explain the reality of console sales" theory? Read my previous post in this thread in case you have missed it.

@Peter Potamus

I think we're talking WW sales here. PS3 is constantly outselling Xbox 360 even before the price cuts in EU.

OK, now you have proven that you're not really trying to engage in realistic and reasonable discussion. You don't care about Japanese sales while we're discussing total worldwide sales? ...

Europe is made up of many countries, some of which have a very weak Microsoft/Nintendo presence in terms of gaming. Brand name is very strong there, and Microsoft has to fight harder, especially in Spain, Italy and Portugal. That's reality for you. If your point is to just bash 360 sales without regards to reality, I can't help you and I'll immediately bail out of the thread.

Peter Potamus == MikeB

They have similar mentality that no amount of reasoning will let them change their close minded point of views.

To say again. Blu Ray player, strong attachment to PlayStation brand in Europe

This thread is funny. It makes me laugh. The PS3 beats the X360 for 2 weeks, and everyone's rejoicing saying "oh man, the X360 can't do anything against the PS3 owning it! OMGZ LULZ!"


I hate to say it, but I'm glad the Wii is winning to keep these Sony fans away from their pride sticks.

PS3 fans: I must ask you, after coming off of a system that has sold well over 120,000,000 units.....Why are you so amazed that the PS3 has beat the X360 for just 2 weeks?. We're not talking a start-up company that has no brand appeal, no games, or any credit. We're talking the freaking Playstation brand name. You might see "OMG, Microsoft can't do anything even with better games". It's true the PS3 won by 10,000 total units in 2 weeks, but again: shouldn't it? The PS3 is getting it's LTD rear-end handed to it on a silver platter. Sales are abysmal in every country in every way.

The steps Sony has had to take to even beat Microsoft for 2 weeks is insane, like dodce has stated. They're now the Microsoft of gaming: they've had to absolutely deconstruct any precieved profits and pour it into price cuts, marketing, buying exclusives because the system has very, very few, and everything else. Is it really winning when you beat a system that sold 25m units last gen, and had to drop your price more than any console in history did it's first year?

I know I'm a X360 fan, but half of you people are just.....There's no word for it other than Dr. Spock from Star Trek "it's illogical". Your not doing great when your strugglng for a mediocre 2nd place in Europe, rarely competing in Japan, and getting killed in the States. The PS3 isn't winning, it's losing....By alot because the X360 is for the most part, profitable and so is the Wii. No company in history has done turned so poorly so quickly...Cept maybe Sega's Saturn.

Microsoft is the king of new IP this generation. Mass Effect, Viva Pinata, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Lost Planet, Dead Rising, Gears of War, the list goes on.

With that said, it's hard to say "their best days are behind them" when in 08, they have a load more new IP (Too Human, Alan Wake, etc.). We simply don't know if any of these games will be good or bad.

By the way I only go by USA numbers since I can careless about the rest of the world sales. Gimme more Mass Effect, Gears of war, call of duty, guitar hero, rock band you name it and I'll be a happy gamer. Screw the rest of the world if they don't want to Jump in is their lost LOL. Again for future reference my numbers are usually USA.

It really IS kinda amazing that the PS3 managegs to inch it's way closer to WW sales total when, as many others stated before me, there are virtually no BIG games out for it yet. The 360 brings us hit after hit, but the sales just won't pick up properly, so that's why I personally believe, and always have believed, that the PS3 will catch the 360 eventually.
This is a trend since the launch of the PS3 and the first big games on the 360, so it's been pretty consistent.
Overall, the 360 is doing fine, but fine won't cut it, it seems unable to attain higher levels of sales than it has had, which does not bode well for its future...