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S.T.A.G.E. on 08 March 2009
Gazz said:
In all fairness, looking at the pricetag of the 360 I am amazed it hasn't made the distance between itself and the PS3 much bigger. How many millions did the 360 have as a headstart again? 6 or 7 million?

The Wii is closing in on beating them combined though.

 

RROD and American console bias are one of the main reasons the 360 isn't far ahead of the PS3. Japan is for sure a no in that department, Europe is a toss up but America seems to be a stronghold because Americans are more open to various products than any other country in the world (in General).



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Branko2166 on 09 March 2009
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Gazz said:
In all fairness, looking at the pricetag of the 360 I am amazed it hasn't made the distance between itself and the PS3 much bigger. How many millions did the 360 have as a headstart again? 6 or 7 million?

The Wii is closing in on beating them combined though.

 

RROD and American console bias are one of the main reasons the 360 isn't far ahead of the PS3. Japan is for sure a no in that department, Europe is a toss up but America seems to be a stronghold because Americans are more open to various products than any other country in the world (in General).

It could also be argued that Americans are far more forgiving when it comes to hardware with high failure rates compared to the Europeans. Though when it comes to Japan I do agree it's more or less a given that every generation a Japanese console will dominate that region.

 

 

 



 

 

Pristine20 on 09 March 2009

@OP

I don't think either sony or M$ did any defeating because the competition between them seems more about who makes the most mistakes. In that case, sony won and it's not even close



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Dark Chaos on 09 March 2009
MikeB said:
Well I agree a 8 million gap is pretty small for a 1 year and 5 months headstart for PAL regions (a little less for Japan/US and well more for some other regions).

The PS3 sold well more its first year of availability worldwide.

Yes, the PS3 performs well better taking equal timeframes despite higher entry pricing and anticipated PS3 exclusives spanned out over a wider period of time than anticipated 360 exclusives.

The long term outlook is pretty good, locally there are still unsold 360s from the holiday season in stock (=>stickers placed over the 30 euro payback, 119 euro including taxes entry pricing deals).

1) Sonys fault. Plus PS2 was the first to release last gen so ur point goes out the window. MS was smart while SONY was stupid.

2)What type of bullshit is this?? Equal timeframes who guys a shit? If that is so important how come I never see SONY say that?? Cause it will make them look weak and pathetic.  Last point is just stupid. The PS2 had exclusives from its first year till now(persona and god of war). Same as the 360. Are u telling me it was smart by SONY to take forever to release GOW3, GT5, Socom(still waiting), Twisted metal?

3)Well then come to the USA there are loads of PS3's lying everywhere.

 

 



Gazz on 09 March 2009
Branko2166 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Gazz said:
In all fairness, looking at the pricetag of the 360 I am amazed it hasn't made the distance between itself and the PS3 much bigger. How many millions did the 360 have as a headstart again? 6 or 7 million?

The Wii is closing in on beating them combined though.

 

RROD and American console bias are one of the main reasons the 360 isn't far ahead of the PS3. Japan is for sure a no in that department, Europe is a toss up but America seems to be a stronghold because Americans are more open to various products than any other country in the world (in General).

It could also be argued that Americans are far more forgiving when it comes to hardware with high failure rates compared to the Europeans. Though when it comes to Japan I do agree it's more or less a given that every generation a Japanese console will dominate that region.

 

 

 

 

I agree with Branko. Americans are way more forgiving and American products orientated. Europeans simply look at the 360 as the console that fails a lot. Something which is MS's fault completely, they designed the 360 afterall. American cars which consume a lot of feul and break down a lot hardly sell here either.

 

As far as Japan goes, that's a totaly different market which does not fairly represent the western market.



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