It's good to hear that they ahead of where 360 was last year...but outselling MS means nothing if you're a true Sony fan.

Those people don't come often on this forum obviously .

so, in the real reality PS3 is already ahead of X360 in sales, whereas in the current reality it is still behind?

Nice stuff.

But it hasnt gained any ground on the 360 sence the PS3 lanuched good for it =)

When PS3 was launched also in Europe, XB360 had accumulated a 7+ million lead. PS3 had only 1 Xmas in its main market during its first two years, while XB360 had two Xmas WW. So while it's far from PS2 and Wii performances, PS3 fared quite well in its first two years, especially considering all the unfavourable events (whose most are undeniably Sony's fault), like scattered launch, loss of exclusives, blue laser shortages at launch, high price, BC only on some models not available everywhere, etc.
That said, unless LBP and other big releases manage to reduce the gap by more than 2 million units this Xmas, PS3 will need a price cut at the beginning of next Spring if Sony wants it to catch XB360 WW by the end of Q2 2009.
As for Wii, neither PS3 nor XB360 have any chance to reduce the gap before their strongest rival starts approaching its market's saturation, and that moment is still very far (almost surely they'll manage to do it only keeping on selling after Wii stops).

The ps3 year is 09 I've seen the future BELIEVE.

The 360 had a year lead. They need some help.

No profit????

Incredible what a brand name can do. When you can get almost all of the same games on a cheaper system, a few you cant get, and even more you can't get on the Ps3, and people still keep buying the Ps3. Basicly, people know a brand, and buy it. Going from the unbeliveble sales of the Ps2 to what the Ps3 has become now, is really really bad work on Sony's side tho. Nintendo sells there consoles with new names, and this time it is really kicking butt, without a brand at all. Microsoft is still building threre brand, so good work on there part by getting this far this gen.

It is especially true in Europe. People buy the Ps3 because they know the brand and there is also a strong Ps2 install base.The marketing of Ms is minimal here ...

Only hardcore gamer directly switched to the 360.

But now that we have an economical crisis, people will probably look twice before spending 200 Euros more for a game console ...