LOL, The only way that the 360 will lose to the PS3 is if the PS3 sells more hardware than the 360,,,,

29K is not greater than 129K

heck lets go back a few weeks,,, the week HS came out. 30K is not greater than 88K

also i dont see the ps3 selling half as many units as the 360 the rest of the year. (yes i know that it may win a week or 2 because of the 40GB one)

What is going on here?

Is this a case of Sony fans feeling bitter after yesterday, and redirecting any targets from Ninty to MS?

Have a look at the US charts this week. 360 is dominating - both hardware & software (console-wise). They are bound to have an excellent Xmas, and make MS a bunch of money (for once).

The ball is in Sony's court now - if PS3 sales don't pick up - and stay up (after the recent price cuts, new models, etc...) its basically curtains for them.

All the pressure is now on Sony - not MS. If anyone is likely to be "finished" - it will be the PS3.

We also have no idea what MS is planning for next year. I'm expecting some major announcements, including a potential Halo 4 (for '09/'10?).

Halo wars, halo jrpg "lead a young john-117 to rank of master chief", halo4 (marathon), halo path of the arbitor, halo vegence of the prophites, halo rpg rise of the forerunnes, halo rpg fall of the forrunners, halo brawl, halo forrunners, birth of a savior: Mendicant Bias, halo forrunners; fall from grace, Mendicant Bias, and finnaly halo forrunners, rgp the librarian and the Didact


sorry this just seemed to fun

wow, this thread sucks, cant believe i even read it, you have no bases for your theory, and your facts are completely off.

^Exactly, I was waiting for you to say that.

My god, how can people say this? The 360 is fine sale wise and it has the second largest userbase. I get that it could do better but as long as games sell well on the 360, there is no way that it will be "game over" for the 360. Also microsoft brought alot to gaming. Like console multiplayer that dosen't suck and consoles with built in hard-drives.

Also Nintendo and Sony both expanded the market. Nintendo expanded the market after the atari 2600 and sony expanded the market after the original nintendo.

shams is dead right, this is like a ball game, everyone can lose some points but whats important is that you ceep hitting that ball back into the other players field, right now MS is in the lead (vs. sony) and the ball is in sonys court, sony is just getting a new player into the field (his name is 40gig) so lets see what he can do till the next break (hollydays) then sony can enter the field with new strength (08 lineup) but MS will also have new power and will not let sony catch up without a fight... I love sports analogies...

Microsoft is in trouble, no question. Halo 3 is selling to... the people who bought Halo 1 and 2. Most of the 360's games mentioned in this thread as system sellers are nothing of the sort - they're shooters, action games and whatnot, that's 20% of the game market. Sales of the 360 are getting a holiday boost, but at $350, they really should be selling double their current rate.

It's their own fault. RRoD, disk scratching, hot and noisy consoles, no built-in next-gen DVD, etc. -- all self-inflicted wounds.

And now Bungie, the crown jewel, is leaving Microsoft. That speaks volumes about Microsoft's stagnant company culture, its inability to be anything other than just another giant corporate monopolist -- like AT&T, only with better marketing. It's depressing, because I really wanted someone to keep Sony honest at the high end of the market. Someone else will have to do the job - maybe Samsung.

Well Well. I have to say this thread is brimming with diluted reason.

Comparing 360 to Ps3 in NA market.

360 = Higher Sales
360 = More Software Sales

Yet somehow 360 = the loser
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As to Microsoft being bad for the video game market. Thats all opinion based bull shit. Yep. I mean even the ps fan boys have to thank it for the new sku being rolled out.

Sorry bout this Slor but "NO HD FORMAT IS A GOOD THING", why would an average gamer like me what to throw my DVD collection out the window and buy into something I don´t need. Games for gamers and HD TV for HD TV fans, I dont have a HD TV, but MS was nice enough to let me play HD gams on my monitor... thank you for not giving me a trojan horse MS... I have no plan to enter the HD format battle but Sony thinks they can pull gamers into a battle they never were interested in...