The amount of xbox fanboys on this thread is unbelievable.Now don't get me wrong,some of you have posted valid points,but most have posted insults and LOL and 'impossible,no way' and LOL gtfo comments.

VGchartz aint the way it used to be before :(

If hardware is a stalemate, it will be the 1st party games that make the differance.  Do you think MS can compete with Sony in that, i sure don't.

I think the most official thread is the oldest, as they show the most history. Just reading the initial post and some of the earlier comments brings a smile to my face.

Funny because MS hasn't announced their full 2011 lineup, and Forza 4, Gears 3, a likely timed exclusive Mass Effect 3, and a rumored Halo remake among other games sound like one hell of a fall lineup. I think software will be pretty equal, especially considering how many people considered 2010 to be a PS3 favoring year by software, and sales are likley to end withing 500k (still in PS3's favor).

I agree with this. Kinect ensures that the 360 has a 2 to 1 lead in Americas, and that represents about half of worldwide sales. Next year, all of Sony's big sellers are sequels, and for this reason I think both consoles will loose popularity in 2011.

As for the price drop, MS will just offset anything Sony does. $250 Elite 360s/PS3's, okay that sounds in favor of PS3, but a $180 arcade 360 too? A kinect price cut to $100 will also likely boost 360 demand as well.

However threads like this will still continue. Wii will still be beaten next year, PS3 will surpass 360 and Wii in total sales, XBL will see a price cut, and dogs will walk upright and talk.

After all this talk the fact still remains that the most successful console makers of this generation are in this order:

1. Nintendo

2. Microsoft

3. Sony

That is 100% accurate unlike the predictions in this thread.

Yeah, its much better than when it was mosty sony and nintendo fanboys.

Funny i have yet to see you not side with MS in any thread.  Yes nice fall line up, what about the rest of the year ?

MS 3/4 games are nice but very lacking compared to Sonys.

Uncharted 3
Killzone3
Twisted Metal
Resistance
Motorstorm
Infamous 2
Move Heroes
LBP2
Ratchet and CLank
Socom
Last Guardien (if the gaming gods are kind)

Looking at the Gap now versus 2 years ago, it had closed by 2 Million.  So 1M a year, that's probably going to continue, I definitely predict a PS3 price cut in 2011, down another $100 in September. 

360 might get a price-cut in before Sony this time reducing the impact Sony had last time when they were first to the price-cut war.  I really think that PS3 will be at an eventual tie with the 360 in the same Millions area, where either could be second place (the Gap right now is ~4M).

Wow, this thread is really old, 2007 it started-was this resurrected or something?

And how many of those games will be released in 2011? I really doubt Sony will release all their shooter brands (Uncharted, Resistance, SOCOM, and Killzone) in the same year (this is the same logic as to why Gears 3 was pushed back), and games like Last Guardian have been delayed repeatedly. Also the only new IP is Move Heros, do you think sequels will push consoles that much?

Still you gave a list of 11 games, at least 6 will score above 9/10, and are blockbuster titles.

For 360 we have Mass Effect 3 (likely a timed exclusive if not a full exclusive), Gears 3, Forza 4, Kingdoms, Huxley, Prey 2, XCOM, Project Dragon (likely Panzer Dragoon-Kinect), Steel Batallion (Kinect), Dead Island, Dungeon Hero, and Mechwarrior. Not to mention there are rumors of a Halo remake, and in the past 2 years MS has always announced at least 1 mega title late (Forza 3, Gears 2 in the past), and MS could announce anything for the Kinect. Either way I have named 11 confirmed exclusive 360 titles, along with at least 1 very likely rumored game, and 1 likely timed exclusive. Of those confirmed pure exclusive games, at least 5 will score above 9/10, and are blockbuster titles. A possible Halo, or Mass Effect exclusive will balance that though.

Now you may argue that you never heard of these 360 games, but Forza, Huxley, and Dungeon Hero are all first party developed, and Gears 3 is first party published. Kingdoms is an exclusive from Crytek, and Prey 2 is a sequel to an existing 360 game which scored 9/10 and above on most websites. Se we know those are all good. Mechwarrior, XCOM, Panzer Dragoon, and Steel Batallion are all revivals of old franchises just like Twisted Metal and technically The Last Guardian are. So any of those could go either way, and Dead Island could be anything, but the trailer is awesome.

So don't hate the 360 lineup just because the games haven't been hyped for years, or aren't all sequels to existing franchises. At least MS is finally releasing some new IPs.

As I have shown, software is about the same fo PS3/360. It depends on preference, and we still dunno what Sony will do for the Move and MS will do for Kinect. So there is no real reason to beleive the PS3 or 360 will sell noticably more then the other, they should be roughly on par for 2011, which will make it very difficult for the PS3 to surpass the 360 in the years beyond.

P.S. I side for whichever console is being unfairly put down. I have yet to see you not put down the 360, so thats why you always see me stand up for it.