PS3:

Can maintain "Others" with alot less work than 360
Can become more successful in Japan, they just need to work more on Genre's loved by japanese and they are set!
Will take alot of work to win over US, but can be done... just not right now...

360:

Needs alot of work to save others, Playstation just appeals more there....
Needs major work to get Japan.... but they are trying....
Will take alot of money and a few smart buisness moves to keep PS3 in the Red in the US

That's the way I see it, don't like it??? I DON"T CARE!!!

Japan numbers are up folks.
Xbox 360 increased sales from last week.
Beats PS3 WW. with about the same amount - 26,000

2 weeks in a row! maybe more, but doubt it.

 The PS3 shortages combined with the Xbox360 price cut lead to this inevitable outcome. Things will return to normal pretty soon with PS3 on top though.

Mark this- Post of the year ;).

In North America, the main problem PS3 has is differentiating itself from the Xbox 360.  People are still under the impression that the console is $600, that no exclusives exist, and that Live is better (which it is).  Of course this isn't reality, but it is market perception.  People need a reason beyond bluray to buy the Playstation 3.  Hopefully the gluttony of titles coming out in the Fall (and maybe Home) will convince those on the fence, the diehard gamers, and the casuals to clunker down the money for the system.

Currently though, Sony is extremely smart with the starvation method. For some reason, the 80gb model seems to be an incredible value.  The hard drive numbers game has an amazing psychological effect.  Thus how the market percieves an 80gb console with bluray at $399 should be interesting to see.

Purely speculation, I think Playstation 3 numbers will increase once Sony has proven to Wii/PS2 gamers that it offers a unique gaming experience.  I think the momentum will start shifting once Little Big Planet, Home, Resistance 2, and the other first party titles come down the pipeline. 

Price is only one part of the puzzle.  Microsoft could accesorise 360s with an X-mote, price the system at 199, and offer Halo 3 and Gears of War in a bundle.  However, that would not prevent people from buying the Wii.  If Sony can build that type of originality where it gives the console an identity (something both 360 and PS3 lack), it has a shot of becoming the premiere HD console.

There are still some pertinent issues Sony has to fix:

1) Lack of a streamlined online interface. 

2) Bundling necessary items with the console.  (HDMI cables, Bluetooth headsets, and a Sony mote *if it exists)

3) Standardizing backwards compatibility via a firmware update across all SKUs.  (This can be done in the Xbox 360, and most people know that its being worked on behind the scenes)

''Socom(will move systems, i know at least 20 people buying a ps3 for this game''

@lol.haha

lol, the amount of 360 fanboys here is shocking! just wait a couple of weeks and the ps3 will be back on top as usual! lol the ps3 has one of its worst weeks in history and the 360 just had a price cut and it only manages to outsell the ps3 by 25k.

I hate damage control.

I'll wait for NDP as this site seems to have problems counting PS3 sales (see last month).

we are talking of WW totals, aren't we?  judging from Sony's quarter report WW totals on Vgchartz for PS3 are fairly correct (if not a little overtracked) ... so IF vgchartz undertracks NA sales then we should assume that's overtracking PS3 sales in others.

I don't think hardcore gamers around the world would appreciate Sony doing so poorly this generation. If Sony bows out of the console business, Microsoft will rip us all off via nickel-and-diming us to death for "necessary" addons, and Nintendo will put out nothing but gadgets.

Just by competing with MS and Nintendo, Sony is doing us all, as gamers, a HUGE favor. I applaud the improvements MS has made since the original XBox, but I would *never* want them to soundly defeat Sony. That would be *bad* for me, as a gamer. Real bad.

At the same time, I don't want the 360 to just drop off the radar either.  Competition is good.