Between May 4th, 2008 and May 3rd, 2009 the Playstation 3 has grown 180.30 percent from 12,280,598 to 22,142,048 console sales.

Now, comparing that to a similar point in time in the 360's lifespan:

Between May 6th, 2007 and May 4th, 2008 the 360 has grown 188.88 percent from 9,688,208 to 18,299,157 console sales.

In the last year, the Playstation 3's rate of growth is lower than that of the 360's in a similar point in time.

Do not deny my cherry picked data!

so 8.0% ?

8.0% is... hang on, let me get calc.exe up...

yes.

8.0% translated into regular numbers is 8, which is 8 more than 0, therefore it is more.

Cha. Ching.

Thus pretty pathetic given price disparity.

Ohh and PS3 has no games, so rub salt in that wound.

This is almost as good as the one made earlier today, but it is not good enough to warrant me hurting my brain and hands again by typing out more horribly written and thought up arguments.

@twingo ps3 has no games? where have u been in the past 8 months :)

Anyways, it does not matter, the PS3 sold 3.5m more consoles then 360 did if you start them at ps3's launch date. BTW the 360 has had a lot of price cuts

Surely the same point in time involves both consoles at the same point in time.... not seperated by 1 year? That is 2 different points in time.

Bah, time is relative!  Watch as I warp and bend time with my very argument.

Behold how in my time line, there is not even a Wii!

But it's growth!  If it grew by only a 1% difference it would still be a higher growth.

Also, I thought that in the last year the PS3 received some pretty nice games.

See this is just it.  I made this thread as a bit of a mockery; to show how you can warp statistics to prove a point.  If you limit your data to aligned launches or only use a closed window of data, you are not getting the full spectrum of the data.

The point being, the PS3 is not vastly selling better than the 360 in the now or in the past.  Even when you align launches you see that sales seem to be top heavy.  That's not to say the PS3 isn't selling bad with the parameters set for it.  However, people seem to delute themselves into thinking that it's selling better than the competition.

Here are the console sales year over year:

* The first 17 weeks of the year.

** Change is calculated by comparing the first 17 weeks of the year over the first 17 weeks of the previous year.

And here is the growth of console sales comparing the 360's 4th year's first 17 weeks to better illistrate sales compared to the PS3s 4th year.

Year over year the PS3 did much better it's first 3 years at aligned launches.  I believe the adoption rate can be attributed mostly due to people taking the "wait and see" approach as consumers have been with HDTV's and Bluray.  Likewise like PS3's adoption rate was also limited by people's "I can't afford it" response.

Now, things can certainly change.  And the data should only be taken with a grain of salt.  A price cut would be a big factor for the PS3.  However, seeing people make the cherry picked "since launch" argument is tiresome.  Since launch, the PS3's rate of growth has declined.  If that continues, the "since launch" argument will only swing to another group's favor.