The fact that Aaron Greenberg said that Madden was associated with Playstation, even though it has ALWAYS been multiplatform makes me completely ignore all of M$'s PR. I know Sony's is bad, but jeez.....

@Impulsivity

You repeatly made some very valid points. Fanboys don't seem to understand economics.

"Drop the price" is the most frequently use phrase on this forum which proves a serious lack real world business sense. With the weakening British pound sterling in Europe's strongest console market that £129 price tag on the x360 doesn't look that clever now.

Likewise they don't understand that exchange rates are one of the main driving forces behind revenue.

If the $US takes a turn for the worst as some analyst predict then as far as Sony are concern MS can keep NA (as long as the dollar is weak). Reaping the Yen and the Euro is where the money is at.
May be cruel but a fact of business.

As for sales look at the recent big multi-platform releases. Take for example RE5. The console with almost a 10million lead (x360) just about beat out the console with almost a 1/3rd less sales (PS3). Comapre this to GTA a few months back.

Let's wait and see how this ultimately plays out.

LMAO lets just wait until the holidays shall we :P

@nojustno - The holidays were included in the 2007 and 2008 numbers. I expect the gap to narrow even further in 2009.

Don't really see how the rest of that paragraph effects that last line.  If you have more friends with 360s, and generally buy more games for the 360, why not keep buying multiplats on 360?  A lack of exclusives or a possible downturn in marketshare doesn't change that.

yeap. xbox 360 is losing. so much for its aggressive push and money grabbing tactics. goodbye xbox360. it was nice having you as competition. now its time for u to lie it pieces =)

 Look at the front page then cry as you see the Wii and 360 outselling the PS3.

Well, I don't really like switching back and forth between consoles, especially since I'm on ethernet without a router. So it's a little more convenient for me to play all my games on one console as much as possible. If I end up buying as many PS3 exclusives this year as it looks like I will, I might as well get all my multiplats for it, too.

The second, more self-important reason is that a lot of what Microsoft is doing is aimed at tripping up Sony, and that is totally fine with me as long as they're bringing game experiences I find interesting and can't get on the PS3. So far, that's been the case. Sony is absolutely on fire this year, though, and if Microsoft is going to rely on having the cheapest console that plays most of the same games as the PS3 to see them through, and continues putting timed exclusives, console exclusives, and exclusive DLC before real, honest to goodness exclusives, then I'd rather give Sony my business since they actually reinvest it in their own brand.

Ah, well that makes sense.

And I agree, I suppose.  I personally like Nintendo and Sony's strategies in regards to first party because they're making new games, rather than just paying companies to make games for one less platform than they would've originally.  They're adding to the mix, rather than taking some away.