well i figured that and its not very surprising but i want the sales of the present to be good not the past

If PS3 was outselling 360 all along, and would be ahead now if they launched the same day because of a 3.5m difference.... how is 360 ahead by 8.2m?

If they launched same day, wouldn't the math indicate that PS3 would "only" be losing by around 5m?

Maybe I'm too drunk to understand fanboyism right now...

Argument has little merit.

You need to take into account that in 2006 the 360 was being sold with a huge shadow overhead. The followup to the most successful console ever created was coming. This caused many consumers to hold off on any purchase of the 360. Sony even boasted that Next Gen doesnt start until they said so. Gaming publications asked the question "Is the Xbox 360 the next Dreamcast?". All kinds of things like that held down the initial year of sales.

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360 came out first just like PS2 came out first, sales are sales, so stop making dumb threads like this.

I am loving this thread. It really should be named the "PS3 fan consolation prize thread".

Here is an idea.

If you align Wii launch with PS2, it is clearly outselling PS2. The only reason P2 is winning now is because it has a 6 year head start. Also, PS2 already had its first price cut within the first 2.5 years of launch while Wii does not yet to have any price cut. So Wii is actually the best selling console although there is a 76 millions gap between PS2 and Wii.

Wii dosent count!

Seriously, it does not matter to me if the ps is doing better than the xbox in the future, because I have both consoles and I love them both the same

That's not what people are saying though.

First of all you are comparing two different generations (But whatever). 

Secondly,  People ARE saying that the PS3 is doing fine in comparison to the Xbox 360 and in reality is seeing stronger sales at identical points in it's lifespan.  This isn't crazy or irrelevant in any way, shape or form.  This is reality.   This is especially good news for the PS3 when you factor in it's extremely high price compared to the competition.  As the price lowers,  you should see an even greater percentage of people opt for the PS3 over the 360.  Now this certainly doesn't guarantee the PS3 will 'win this gen'  over the the 360, it certainly bodes well for the PS3 assuming that the market in fact views it as the better, longer lasting product.

The Wii is certainly tracking better than the PS2 which is why MANY people (Especially Nintendo folks, think so highly of it).  Can it keep it up?  Who knows, but as long as it remains tracking higher than the PS2 it will eventually be the biggest selling console of all time and bump the PS2 from that throne.