Move must be doing really well in Europe

822K -vs- 550k is not 50% more. lol!! It's like 34% more.

Kinect has sold over 7 million worldwide to customers and have shipped more then 8 million now.

550 * 1.5 = 825k

According to GfK data, at the end of 2010, the PS3 is about 800k ahead of the XBox 360 with its installbase for France regarding hardware sales. This is roughly 200K more than VGChartz predicted at the end of 2010! That's almost 1 year worth of PS3 hardware sales and 1 and a half years worth of XBox 360 hardware sales.

The XBox 360 had a 1 year, 3 months and 3 weeks headstart on the French market, this includes 2 headstart holiday seasons.

At this point, the PS3 has about a 36% installbase advantage in France according to the GfK.

So it would make sense PS3 versions of multi-platform games outsell the XBox 360 versions around x1.36, but it is said PS3 versions of multiplatform games outsell the 360 versions more in the region of 1.5 to even 2 times as much.

My take: It may be some multiplatform owners prefer the PS3 version because PS3 games include free online multiplayer functionality, while on the XBox you as well as your gaming friends need to pay extra money for this every year/month. Also XBox 360 games piracy is more likely to play a bigger role.

I don't think you can take France as a model for Europe overall, it's always been one of Mircosoft's worst markets.  In fact, it was the only western market where GameCube actually outsold Xbox 1.

some more data including SW

http://www.made2game.com/xbox-360/european-ps3-games-outsell-xbox-360s-21/

French site Le Monde has reported the overall sales numbers for consoles in France, while also revealing some outstanding PS3 game sales figures for all of Europe, which sees games on the console outsell those on Xbox 360 2:1.

In France alone, the PS3 topped the sales charts with 822,000 consoles sold in 2010, against 550,000 Xbox 360, according to figures from the independent Gfk. Interestingly this brings the total of PS3′s to 3 million in French homes, against 2.2 million Xbox 360 consoles.

It seems that Kinect did give Microsoft’s console a sales boost in the region, with 300,00 units being shifted, 50% of which were part of a bundle (new customers).

“We sold roughly 50% of cameras and 50% of bundles in France and this is very positive,” said Xbox France man David Dufour.

However despite the good performance of Kinect, it seems Sony’s Richard Brunois thinks Xbox 360 will never catch up, “it’s over for this generation of Xbox, they can never catch up to 800,000 consoles, a year sales of PS3.”

Quite surprisingly it’s when it comes to game sales in all of Europe combined that the PS3 really shines, having shifted 8 million units compared to the Xbox 360′s 4.7 million, that’s quite a difference.

“Of all the ‘big’ multiplatform games, the PS3 is preferred to the Xbox 360. For one game, our sales are 1.5 to 2 times larger than the competition,” said Richard Brunois of Sony. “In addition,  PS3 players bought an average of 2.8 games in 2010, against the 2 of Xbox 360 players.”

The Wii still remains the consoles to beat everywhere it seems, but when it comes to Xbox 360 and PS3, Sony’s black beast is taking Europe by storm.

MikeB said: "The XBox 360 had a 1 year, 3 months and 3 weeks headstart on the French market, this includes 2 headstart holiday seasons." 

i keep forgeting that, making PS3s europe sales even more impressive

822 - 550 = 272 (34%)

Hey BHR-3 , Can you provide us with the Wii hardware and software sales as well? Where are those totals. I like to compare them with the PS3. That's a better comparison since both the Wii and PS3 are foreign system and this is a foreign country.

What are youi talking about the PS3 sold 822 and the Xbox 360 sold 550. The difference is 272. The PS3 sold 272 more systems which is 34% more. Go back to school. Whoever taught you math needs to be fired.

The correct equation in 272/822 * 100% = 33%. (272 is 33% of 822)