So let me see if I can get this straight-

Everyone still has a bone to pick with Sony concerning sales of the PlayStation 3. Now, I would most certainly agree with the negative assessment if that assessment made even the least bit of sense, but it doesn't. As I've found that many people have the attention span of gnats and won't read "walls of text" (which are basically no more than paragraphs), I'll break this down as clearly as I can. And I'll use small words, so all the Xbox 360 fankids who keep laughing about the PS3 will be able to follow.

Point 1: The Xbox 360 had a one-year head-start and on top of which, there was zero competition for that one year. It was the only "next-gen" console available.

Point 2: The PS3 launched at a ridiculous $600 price point and remains the most expensive console out there. It's still the most expensive console and yet, in a freakin' recession, it has managed to keep pace with the 360.

Point 3: The PS3 kept pace with the 360 before the vast majority of the popular exclusives arrive; we haven't yet seen God of War III, Gran Turismo 5, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, MAG, The Last Guardian, and others; it has really only been MGS4 and Killzone 2 that have contributed heavily thus far.

Point 4: The PS3 kept pace with the 360 during a time when developers had yet to really grasp the complexity of the PS3's hardware, and multiplatform games were often inferior on Sony's machine.

Point 5: The PS3 kept pace with the 360 during a time when the PlayStation Network essentially started from nothing and had to build to catch Xbox Live. In 2007, the two services weren't even comparable on any level.

Now that we've established these points, let's remind you further: In 32 months, the PS3 has sold about 24.6 million units while the Xbox 360 sold about 30.2 million units in 44 months. Mathematically speaking, the PS3 has been the faster selling console. Granted, it may not be up to "Sony standards" after the domination of the PS2, but considering all the preceding factors, how can anyone whine about the sales figures? Furthermore, consider the future:

The PS3 will invariably fall in price. The Network has finally reached Live in my eyes (and in terms of certain exclusive downloadable software, has surpassed it, IMO). The recession should lessen pressure and this lessened pressure will coincide with the aforementioned price cut. The exclusives just about every avid gamer wants are coming for the PS3; not so much for the 360. Developers have long since come to terms with the PS3; many say its potential remains mostly untapped and multiplatform titles are now basically identical all the time. You could bring up the competing motion sensing technologies, but nobody has any idea how either will fare right now. ...am I the only one that is willing to use logic and common sense when analyzing the sales figures?

P.S. Any 360 fans who want to toss up that sorry list of exclusives as if it has any shot of competing with the list for the PS3; don't bother. It'll just waste our time.

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Sony will soon have to keep up with Microsoft's sales pace after their big price cut. If Sony doesn't drop the price of the PS3, their console won't be selling faster from launch for long. They still need a price cut for the PS3 no matter how many excuses you give.

If it comes from another website, it must not be flamebait!

Same tired old arguments. List of future games, price tag, 360's 1 year headstart, "keeping pace" all used to explain why a machine that had a 1/3 failure rate at launch and is supposedly inferior in terms of games and hardware (and apparently online services too) is still ahead, worldwide.

I do not understand why people need to be so defensive about their console of choice. I also lost all respect for the author with his little P.S. that just had to attack 360 fans. Will these poorly conceived, hyper defensive rants ever end? I don't remember them appearing with such alarming frequency during the last generation.

No they aren't, ps3 will need a price cut.

That's what you said. (well, I cut some of the irrelevant part)

Congratulations, you just proved that it is doing only slightly worse than the OTHER LOSING CONSOLE of this generation. 

You could as well say that the Gamecube was successful, because it sold almost as much as the Xbox.

While PS3 looks as a failure compared to the PS2, (and honestly, it is), and the 360 is still doing better than the great failure called the original xbox, in fact both of them have mediocre unit sales, horrible financial losses, and only obscure longetivity plans.

While the PS brand's decline is more spectacular, and easier to point out than the 360's, it doesn't mean that the 360 is the "winner".

I don't agree with what the OP is saying for the most part but, those arguments are tired mostly because they're legitimate valid points. In terms of how long both consoles have been on the market side by side you see the 8 million gap irrelevant as it just shows that a year head start gives bragging rights for the 360 yet still lost terribly to the Wii. Alterego-X summed it up perfectly, both consoles aren't doing that great this gen. It's like saying the Xbox original is dominating because it's beating the Gamecube yet is 90 or so million consoles behind the Ps2.

The issues with this are two fold.

1. The 360 will likely always be the cheaper console.

2. The majority of the games will be shared between the two.

Breaking that down further, the only thing standing a chance at making the PS3 sell better are its software exclusives, given they have not been a big boost to it yet, it should be easy to see why everyone views the PS3 in this light.

Some would think price is the bigger issue, but the fact is if the PS3 started outselling the 360 next week, Microsoft would likely be far more responsive. The have a lot more room to wiggle in. They would not stand by and be out sold by the PS3 for 10 months ala Sony.

Where do you keep finding all these random blogs?

LoL, so true. There's really nothing else to add to this thread.