but alot of people use the ps3 mainly for a blu ray player and only get a few games, and yes we do have no idea lol, all we do know is that alot more 360s failed we don't know how many were repaired (or replaced and not counted as sale) as for the having a ps3 upstairs and downstairs I find it more common for people to own multiple 360s because of the warranty (they buy a new 360 then realize they can send in their old one and keep both) and because it's cheaper, I'm positive that the gap of the install base is less then the gab of the sales though by 3.6 mil is a bit to clear through dif in broken consoles alone

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The attach rate for the 360 is higher on average than the PS3.

The only explanations are.

1. More Xbox consoles are actively being gamed with therefore creating a bigger potential consumer base (probable)

2. All xbox owners have more disposable income than PS3 owners (unlikely)

3. Xbox owners are bigger gaming enthusiasts then PS3 owners and budget more of their income towards game purchasers (unlikely)

4. Microsofts' bottomless pit of money being targeted towards saturation advertising is having an effect. (unlikely)

A look at the sales numbers tell you that it is the 360.

You have no proof they have a bigger install base, and they haven't annihilated the ps3 in the usa, they are beating them by a healthy margin in the usa but thats about the only place, 360 is losing ground in almost every other place, hell the 360 isn't even sold in all the countries the ps3 is and with the failrate people aren't too keen to import, the only accurate thing about that statement is the 360 sold more then the 360 and thats not even over the same time period 

Still that's a factor, like other features on the ps3.

and one look at the failrate tells you it's the ps3 

I was actually wandering what are the actual attach ratio for both, do you have them? Its been a while that multiplatform beside FPS sells even or very close on both. Sometime more on PS3 some other time more on 360 but FPS that always sells more on 360. Do we have recent figures, im curious.

Oh he exists and Sony are pleased to have his non gaming ass. He must own over 100 Blu Rays.

As for a few thousand at most ! Try to bear in mind that at launch the PS3 was by far the cheapest, best and most versatile Blu Ray player on the market.

I would say up to half a million are used exclusively for media playback. Maybe even more.

Of course I admit any numbers are guess work but you have to remember the situation at the time.

We will however never know for sure.

Um 3 and 4 seem likely to me, well besides the budgeting 360 owners are spontaneous buyers where ps3 owners are more likely to budget their cash and watch what they buy and 4 seems very likely especially with the level of exaggeration multiplats are better on 360 has reached and you didn't mention that alot of people might not use their ps3 primarily for gaming 

Nah. If a 360 breaks, it will most likely be repaired because of the extended warranty. If a ps3 breaks for let's say YLOD, tough luck. You have to buy a new one unless it breaks in a year.

Oh and your 42% failrate sounds interesting, got anything to back it up? Other than an online poll?