uhmm...you can stop waving your victory flag, ps3 outsold 360 by under 50k. that's a weeks sales. and i won't even go into detail about ps3 price cuts...i took the liberty of perparing the chart for you too

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii&reg1=All&cons2=PS3&reg2=All&cons3=X360&reg3=All&weeks=52

I guess I've been very unlucky with systems. I had my N64 break down 2 weeks after I got it for Christmas and my gameboy advance, which was also a Christmas gift, that just wouldn't power on anymore. As for Sony products: 2 PS1's & 3 PS2's. After that I just gamed on the GC & Xbox. This gen it seems MS is the only one with console faults which makes things look worse when your main competitor has stepped up their reliability.

The main point here is reliability. No one wants to always wonder when the new appliance they bought is going to crap out. The only reason I went through the process of repairing my 360 is because of software. That really makes it hard to just walk away. That's why it's good MS started to take care of that problem before Sony hits their stride.

 Exactly. I won't defend MS, Sony or Ninny and say they are perfect. Their crap breaks. I just find it funny this generation folks say having an unreliable console (at times) will doom a console maker. Sony proved last generation that reliablity be damned, folks still bought the PS2. The Xbox was much, much more reliable than the PS2 and phailed.

Games sell systems, not being reliable. Folks will pause buying a console deemed unreliable, but oftentimes, folks will toss caution into the wind if a system has more than enough games. 

While it is true that it was supply constrained that doesnt necessarily mean that it didnt sell as many in the first year as it would have. I got my 1st 360 in Feb of 2006 as many who wanted it just held out until they were available. The 360 was not supply constrained for the whole year so I am wondering what the basis is of you stating it would have sold more for its first year.

While people talk about 360 being supply constrained its first year remember that PS3 wasnt available in Europe the whole year. Also remember that PS3 wasn't going up against 360s first year. It went up against it's second year and 360 won out. Now it's 3rd year vs. 2nd and PS3 seems to be gaining some ground.

As for Hardware and software, I had an NES break on me which sucked. I also had a PS2 break on me. I guess reliability is a big issue for me because I switched to Playstation when my NES broke and then switched to Xbox when my PS2 broke. When my 360 broke the software I had and the software that was coming was too good to not get it repaired. I think the games are really what it's all about.

The point is more money is better. They aren't just selling consoles, accessories and software. They are making money. Sony used to have Microsoft beat until they started to take losses. Right now they are both losing and Nintendo is winning. The money isn't really in the hardware. Can you make money on hardware? of course but not the kind you make on software. So ultimately its about software. you are selling these systems so that other people will give you money to put games on them. Right now PS3 is outselling 360 worldwide by 10-20k a week but 360 still leads software and thats where the money is. Ultimately the person best at this game is Nintendo because even when they sell the least they still make money. This is because they don't sell at a loss. The more consoles sold for them means an immediate increase in cash, then down the line more software will sell which means more cash. The N64 and the Gamecube were both profitable. I don't know how much Nintendo made but I do know that for all the systems sold by Sony they didn't make as much as most people think. Ultimately you realize that the best console is the one that makes money all the time. That means Nintendo wins.

Each system has different things going for it and thats why it's been a tight race.

PS3 has the brand name, the reliability and the value. You get a lot for your money and its a name you recognize.

Wii has the price, the hype and the reliability. I ultimately think that both price and hype are most important and thats why Wii is winning. Especially in America.

360 has the software, its gaining brand name and has ok value. In America the 360 brandname is really coming on strong. The value right now isn't too bad considering it's just a little more than a wii but you can do more with it.

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to matter because Nintendo will always be the best console because it will always make money.

One is a hardware company the other can't even get their software right, no surprise the 360 is the biggets pos in console history.

Until the PS3, Sony never got their hardware right, either.

And by all accounts, MS provides great developer tools so they must be doing something right.

BTW, nice troll post. This thread was going really well until you showed up.

 Never had any problems with either mine, but did have alot of problems having games load properly with my NES/SNES/N64 because of the cartridges.

As far as I know, the only cartridge system that had widespread problems was the original NES because of its slot-and-push system, which caused most of the annoyance. The system usually still worked, but people were rigging stuff to keep it going.

Whereas the PSX/PS2 problems are widely documented and there were no workarounds for some of the problems (other than turning the PSX upside down in some cases). Not every one failed (mine didn't, after all) but the problems were widespread.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Playstation losing to Nintendo? I don't get the point of your thread. You're basically saying, "hey, my console is a losing console but I'm probably won't lose as bad as you!"

People that make this kind of threads need to remember that Nintendo already won and stop referring as "well PS3 will win this way"

Wake up and accept reality, your console lost unless you own the Wii.