You sure about that?

If the PS3 weren't around, then not only would the 360 lose a lot of third-party support, raving 360 fanatics like you wouldn't have your bragging rights because there'd be no marginally lesser selling console to compare it to. You wouldn't be able to ignore the Wii, exaggerate the negligible sales gap every week, and brag about your console of choice being a distant second. Instead, the 360 would be in a distant last place with only the Wii to compare it to and hence would be catching sheer hell for its poor sales.

good point m' lord N :)

why is it "critically" low? Where did you get that emotional word from?

Lets be clear here guys:

PS3 did about 50,000-60,000 worldwide in its worst few weeks of 2007. There is little reason to expect it to get that low this year. It will probably do 75,000 or so in its worst few weeks, but I can't see it dropping much below that unless Microsoft cuts the 360 price before Sony cuts the PS3 price.

All this ps3 talk when the 360 is only 8k higher :/ All systems need to sell more.

Someone ban this troll. Please.

360 was less than 10k units better - is it dying too? What, no? You mean 100k is a magical number, below which everything fails?

I don't care about the xbox 360.  Why is somebody labeled a 360 fanboy when they point out the glorious failings of the ps3?

I said it would be better for SONY if they didn't waste 6 billion on the ps3, not better for me.

Wow....so sad.  Why don't you get back to me when the ps3 actually makes a profit.

I don't expect to be hearing from you for a few years.....thank God! 

Because you can't harp on the failings of the PS3 without doing the same to the 360 because it's pretty much in the same boat.

The PS3 is being destroyed by the Wii? So is the 360.

The PS3 is selling poorly? So is the 360.

The 360 hasn't made a profit either. It's had profitable quarters, but overall it's still in the red. As a matter of fact, MSFT's E&D division posted a 31 million dollar loss last quarter.

So yeah, the PS3 isn't turning a profit? Neither is the 360.

But fine, let's have it your way. Sony decides not to waste anymore money on consoles and leaves the market. As a result, you don't have a rallying point when your precious 360 faces the ass whoopin' from the Wii all by itself.

That is actually pretty debatable.  Microsoft doesn't actually release seperate earning reports for the xbox division, but lumps them in with the entire E&D division.  There is actually quite a bit of evidence if you delve into their financial reports that supports the xbox brand making huge sums of profit for microsoft.  The E&D is just loaded down with costs of failed projects and expenses from other divisions within microsoft.

Here, this is a thread that goes into detail on what kind of profit microsoft might be making.  Of course, like I said, can't know for sure because microsoft doesn't actually release those numbers, but the evidence supports a lot of profit.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=71998

 Edit: lol, I just realized you were posting in the thread I linked, but you weren't really comprehending what the people were saying.  Either way though, if you actually read through the posts you will see there is at least more evidence supporting profit rather than loss.

Lord N - Umm you are wrong young lad.  The xbox 360 has been profitable for 2 years now....even though they weren't last quarter.

The ps3 has wasted all the ps2 profits and cost sony 6 billion dollars.  SONY CANNOT AFFORD THIS WASTE!!!

Microsoft made 3 billion $$$$$$ NET PROFIT IN 3 MONTHS....which is more than sony will make in 3-4 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft has ZERO DEBT and 25 billion in cash reserves.  Sony is 8 billion in debt and GROWING as speak.

SONY went from a gaming leader with 70% market share to last place. 

Microsoft has made enormous progress this generation while sony is on  the brink of collapse.

Reality check