1. The valhalla chip in 09 will almost certainly cause another pricecut, although probaly small, maybe to 170 bucks for a arcade? MS probaly will be able to offset another price cut with the huge amount of software they sell and the fact that xbl is RAKING in cash.

2. The 720 will be far from that, with the rumors of this foward compatability thing its looking VERY promising already.

Nope. Not before a next system is announced by Microsoft. They may catch up in the end if they have an extra year or two at the end of the cycle, but otherwise no.

Speculation.

A confusing thread for how it's worded. So you mean: Will the PS3 compensate for the 360's year to several years headstart for the various regions worldwide?

Financial data shows, by the end of December 2006 the gap between the PS3 and 360 was 8.72 million (which is normal for a year headstart for 2 major markets and no availability in other important and some less important regions), this includes less than 2 months of PS3 sales in North America, Japan and a few tiny markets. And this includes two holiday seasons for the 360 in North America, Europe, Japan and some smaller markets.

By March 2007 the gap dropped to 7.29 million with the European PS3 launch. By March 2008 the gap dropped to 6.15 million and now with the latest data stands at 5.66 million for September 2008.

Now to answer your question, it's almost a certainly the PS3 will pass the 360 in total sales, IMO it's far more a question of "when" rather than "if". There are endless reasons for this to be extremely likely.

no, m$ already said they are not doing a price cut ww in a long time, sony would have to wiping the floor to do it.

sony will managed to do it, it needs to stay strong for at least one year,and i see the ps3 selling in others and japan a for a long while.

PS3 is unlikely to overtake X360 in total worldwide sales within the next two years. By the time PS3 overtakes X360 in 2011 the new XBox will be out and it would not matter.

PS3 is unlikely to overtake X360 in total worldwide sales within the next two years. 6.2million gap of X360 over PS3 is increasing. It will be over 7 million gap by the end of 2008.
PS3 price cut will come too late and by then it will be approaching 8 million gap behind X360 in mid 2009. X360 price cuts would come into effect immediately after PS3 2009 price cuts.

i had ps3 down for beating the 360 in late 2011, and that was only because by that time microsoft will be about to launch the next xbox console and thus will not be focusing so much on the 360

next gen sony will be hammered.

This holiday season will make or break the HD systems for the next year. Because once 2009 rolls around people are going to be very weary of how they spend their money. PS3 sales are already hurting. The Xbox360 is selling better than ever. I hope the trend continues and MS bitch slaps Sony in to submission. That would finally shut up most of the PS3 nuthuggers of the world.

if the PS3 has a price drop of $100 early next year then definitely it will pass the 360 late 2009 or early 2010

if the PS3 has a price cut late in 2009 then it will be in late 2010.

It depends on the PS3 price cut as the PlayStation brand has a lot of name and people will prefer it over other consoles.