I hated the noise (I usually play around midnight), if people were sleeping over it was as good as useless to use headphones so to not wake people up if sleeping as especially the 360's DVD bootup noise is pretty extreme, even beats my PC hands down when its fan was choking due to dust... So I just watched TV instead....

I would say that my falcon 360 made only slightly more noise than my launch 360. By the end of the year it should be silent with a smaller GPU.

sorry I just check the guys link that he gave me when i was saying the statement. he gave me 07's reports. thank you for correcting me on the overall sales numbers. 

It's laughable some of the reasons being given to counter GTAIV episodic content, things like "noise"? If that really was a valid reason it would work for every multiplatform title. Obviously it doesn't unless someone wants to try to argue that CoD4 PS3 has outsold CoD4 360.

 No offence, but using youtube to compare graphics is foolish.............

woah i loved reading this whole thread.

@mike b
Dont argue with idiot. He wont change the way he thinks no matter what you say.

OT:
360>PS3 2:1

Plenty of PS3 games have DLC why would it be a selling factor for either console ??.
The PS3 version will fit more on the disk in the first place mabey they dont need any DLC for the PS3 version if it has everything on the disk allready perhaps ?
How does the 360 get downloadable content for the core system ? just curious it has no hard drive , does it have some user flash memory like the Wii ?

It doesn't.

The DLC is still being made, and no, it's not coming out on the PS3. Some OTHER dlc might come later for the PS3, depending on whether Microsoft's contract with Take Two allows for that to happen.

Here are some comments on the things you listed:

1- Free online multiplayer - will be an issue for some people, although the 360 is so cheap now that you can get Xbox Gold for a few years while still saving money in relation to the PS3. I have no idea how many GTA4 players really are interest in online play

2- Free home integration - this won't influence sales at all unless Sony advertises it before GTA4, which I doubt.

3- DLC - no DLC is confirmed or expected for the PS3 version, so forget that too.

4- no disc scratching / RROD worries / annoying drive noise- will certainly have weight for many people due to bad reputation, even though it doesn't seem to be much of a problem with newly produced 360s.

5- alleged better graphics for the PS3 - not confirmed, and most people don't know about that, so it won't influence sales.

6- people who don't want other controllers / want PS3's other exclusives - important for some people, although the overlap of those gamers with GTA4 buyers is unknown

There are certainly some important points in favor of the PS3 (especially in Europe), but we can't really tell the impact. In the end, it may come down to the status quo being maintained - PS3 hardware being higher in Europe, and 360 hardware being higher in America (especially with the supposed recession creating cost-aware consumers).

America and Europe may negate each other in terms of PS3/360 hardware sales, but I'd be very surprised if 360's bigger userbase didn't give it a big advantage in terms of GTA4 software sales.