all in all it was fun. i really just wanted to know if you agreed with my findings about what it was missing for instance:

1. using the aligned launch (which we already talked about) for an argument to say PS3 would be leading 360 isn't really a good argument, and also if it's possible then the PS3 would have out sold 360 the way the Wii did and an aligned launch still wouldn't have put PS3 over 360 sales in accordance/difference in how they launched so in short it's a moot point, and a hypothetical guess with no proof or analysis to back it up/support the claim.

2. the 360 was more then a success considering it was the first to sell 10m units ww so it more then held its own, and using a hypothetical guess PS3 would have only sold 18/20m units ww its 3rd yr. instead of 17m. i'm not sure what 360 sold leading up to it's 3rd yr. (22/25m) but 360 obviously would still be leading the PS3 in total units sold but the gap would only be half of what it is now. but thats all hypothetical.  

so in the 7th gen there is no winner on any front cause its to close to call and ruffly the 6th gen total hardware adds up to 200m units ww while this gen. has ruffly passed that with this the 7th gen. only in its 5th/6th yr. with 203m units sold using vgc current data of total hardware sold for home consoles.

I'm not usually one to bag on other sites, but IGN really does write terrible articles. I'm amazed that they can ignore the rest of the world (hint IGN: America isn't the only place where people play videogames) and act like the Wii doesn't exist at the same time. I realize that the site has a certain audience, but this article was ridiculous.

Wii the gamers won. More AAA games this gen then any before it. Except JRPG's they are dying, but there is enough WRPG for expansion of the RPG genre

agreed, but thats a bad artical. it's lacking what happened and key facts that makes the findings in said artical disputable.

Are you sure one *facepalm* is enough?  Feels like a double to me.

Anyone call me out if im wrong but most people already forgot about the Wii sure its ahead but now seeing that its not possibe to exceed the wii in sales most people including myself are only worried about the PS3 & 360 and which one of those two win the HD console war.

Since when have IGN ever made articles that weren't pure flame bait, only to have another author write another article with the exact opposite point of view?

Their articles are well written (as in sentence structure and how they raise arguements), however they are completly based off opinion. Their articles are just flame bait, and that brings in more members to the website, and give gamers on every platform an article to use as a base for debates.

Just a different way of writing, which brings up the page views.

Globally for the year? sure.

The war? Still last place. 

Well no matter what happens the 360 has sold over double what the origional Xbox sold and is still selling.

PS3 is a shameful experiment that will never match PS1 and especially PS2s legacy.

360 games simply sell more and LIVE is still the leading console online network.