I get that you like the 360, but looking only at absolute sales does nothing to change the fact that PS3 is selling faster than 360 and at a much higher price.  And in Japan and EU, 360 is already so cheap that it's hard to imagine any subsequent price cuts helping it very much.  It's already seen as, well, cheap.  PS3, on the other hand...

No one is denying the absolute lead in sales that 360 has.  But it's fucking hilarious to watch some of you fight tooth and nail to deny any positive outlook for PS3.  It's true that Sony stumbled and got bloodied a bit early this gen, given how absolutely dominant PS1 and PS2 were, but nonetheless PS3 is selling faster than the 360 did over the same period.  Microsoft couldn't sell 360's like Sony has sold PS3's since release, in other words.  Microsoft certainly couldn't and never will match something like the PS2 success, which was Sony's success.  Sony's performance this gen has resulted in sales that are faster than 360's.  But we all know that's a step down from what they could have accomplished.

If MS thought they could have done better with a later launch, they would've launched later.  But they knew they would have gotten steamrolled.  360's earlier launched helped sustain the better multiplats for 360 earlier on, because devs got a headstart working with the 360 hardware.  360 sales weren't higher during the first year mostly because of 360's price.  And PS3 still has yet to drop below $399.

The PS3 is not selling "faster" per say.  It is selling more because the 360's first year is a very flawed year when added to the comparison.  I've already told you why the 360's first year had such low sales.  Being your fanboy self you ignored my logic and simply think of the headstart as only a positive for MS, when in fact it could also be considered a negative.

So launching early could be considered a negative and a positive?   Who cares?  It is what it is.  They released a year early and grabbed some early adopters of the system. 

 As I said earlier, if the 360 had launched side by side with the PS3, the "aligned" launch would show the 360 MUCH higher.  It would have launched with better hardware, cheaper price, more games, and in a direct comparison with the $500/600 console, it would have absolutely steamrolled the PS3.  The only reason it basically didn't do this anyway was because of the awful failure rate brought on by RROD and the early launch.  It is actually quite remarkable that the 360 is still selling so well after all the bad rep it took the first 3 years.

Any bad 'rep' that the 360 took...The PS3 took 2x as much for it's high price and list of mis-steps along the way.   There is no way to determine if the PS3/360  launched at the same time that the 360 would have steam rolled anything. 

If the 360 released at the same time as the PS3....The RROD failure would have been a MUCH bigger deal.  Being on the market a year early helped early adopters make the jump to Microsoft and get some positive impressions of the console prior to the launch of the PS3.

Oh, and the Pro 60GB console is the dominantly selling 360 out of the sku's as quoted by Aaron Greenberg.

Lol, Rpruett agrees with you... and he would because he has just as flawed of an outlook on the situation as the majority of you PS3 fanboys.

Lol.  You know what's funny?  The person who throws out the 'fanboy' card about 10x in a single response?  Is usually "THE" fanboy.  Keep up the diversion techniques friend.  We all see right through it. 

So take consolation or whatever you can get out of "feeling" like you've sold more, but the 360's fourth year is showing YoY growth, and the PS3's third year is showing YoY decline.  So even if it may have had a larger start from "aligned" launches, it will likely have a much worse end.

Well assuming similar hardware price reductions and expected boosts in sales relative to the price reductions of the hardware the PS3 will clearly continue to outsell the 360.  The only real questions that need to be asked is :

- Can Sony keep up with the price reductions necessary? To keep fueling sales into the future?  I would imagine they can handle it just fine.

- Can the PS3 outlast the 360 in the minds of consumers?  If the answer is yes?  The PS3 almost assuredly will outsell the 360 Lifetime.  If the answer is no?  The 360 will almost assuredly outsell the PS3 lifetime.