Legend11 said: Since the 360 has already started outselling the PS3 by over 2:1 in North America does anyone here think that it'll likely turn into a 3:1 ratio in the coming months?  Also how much do you think the gap will increase between the two in North America between Sept 1st and Dec 31st.

The Xbox 360 has been out one year before the Playstation 3, that is why it has currently sold more than twice the amount of the Playstation 3. I do not know if the Xbox 360 is still outselling the Playstation 3, monthly, but if it is, it is going to take a lot longer than a few months for there to be a 3:1 ratio, or more, on sales. The gap, however, should increase a bit more between the beginning of September, and the end of December, but not by too much.

 

@a.l.e.x59, yes the 360 is still out selling the ps3, even in the month of the ps3 price drop, after it was known that the 360 was undertracked and the ps3 was marginaly overtracked, the ps3 outside of european, and american/japan launch has not outsold the 360 in terms of monthly sales.

a.l.e.x59 said: Legend11 said: Since the 360 has already started outselling the PS3 by over 2:1 in North America does anyone here think that it'll likely turn into a 3:1 ratio in the coming months? Also how much do you think the gap will increase between the two in North America between Sept 1st and Dec 31st. The Xbox 360 has been out one year before the Playstation 3, that is why it has currently sold more than twice the amount of the Playstation 3. I do not know if the Xbox 360 is still outselling the Playstation 3, monthly, but if it is, it is going to take a lot longer than a few months for there to be a 3:1 ratio, or more, on sales. The gap, however, should increase a bit more between the beginning of September, and the end of December, but not by too much.

He's talking about monthly sales, not overall. The 360 is outselling the PS3 on a month-to-month basis of nearly 2:1, and the most recent months/weeks have all exceeded the 2:1 ratio. Considering the lineups, I imagine the gap will be near 3:1 for Sept/Oct, and likely continue that way through the holidays. That's a lot of ground for Sony to make up.

Not that that's really something to brag about for MS, since Nintendo is whooping them on the same scale...

Most Recent Month (August):
PS3 130.6K
360 276.7K
Ratio: 2.11

Last Six Months, average:
PS3 113,833
360 195,500
Ratio: 1.71

so let me get this straight leo, sony cuts the price 4 months after the last drop by ANOTHER 100 dollars, and thats fine, but microsoft doing another FIFTY DOLLAR cut within 3 months is just impossible?

Wow I hate you.