I just love this chart, through all the struggles of the PS3, from high pricing, to few launch titles, when compared with the 360, at the same period in its life, the PS3 has sold 1 million more consoles.
PS3 has had pricecuts while the 360 did not in their first year so that is a factor. This could be countered though by the fact that the PS3 was higher priced so it does give the PS3 a slight edge in the end. Also, PS3 had a delayed launch in EU.
It doesn't matter whether PS3 has sold that many more consoles in the time period, it matters how many they have sold total, and the 360 is winning there. Plus, they are profitable...and Sony is still not.
I would tend to agree with you because of the support in Europe in Japan, but it still has some hurdles to overcome in the US. That being said, things are definitely looking up for Sony compared to 6-9 months ago. Those were some bleak times.
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Blu Ray player + no shortages during launch = better sales
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| dolemit3 said: Blu Ray player + no shortages during launch = better sales |
There was a shortage during launch (People got killed). It just didn't last long. 
| ikilledkenny said: It doesn't matter whether PS3 has sold that many more consoles in the time period, it matters how many they have sold total, and the 360 is winning there. Plus, they are profitable...and Sony is still not. |
You seemed to have missed the point of the graph, and made the same mistake most make. You cannot say "Oh the 360 is more successful" due to the fact it has had a full year of sales all to itself. That's why I posted this graph, when lined up, during its first 14 months, the PS3 has outsold the 360 in its first 14 months.
@dolemit3
The PS3 did have shortages, and a 4 month delayed launch in Europe. Which just makes it seem that much more successful than the 360.
every console has shortages at launch
PS3 has been upgraded heavily once and had its price slashed by $100 once. In the same time span the X360 did not get its price cut at all I don't think.
Thus I would say that the playing field is still actually even.
Let's see if PS3 has 16.5mil this time next year.
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