well i think the real comparation should be on PS2 and PS3
with that said and the proof that Sony or PS name is not as strong as it used to be
but i have hope sony will come up

Enjoy your ban

OT: The PS3 is selling like a beast while i doubt it will take second place it honestly doesnt matter. Neither of the HD consoles are going to suffer from lack of games. So in the end what place they ended up in is neggligable! Hurray for gaming

I think that PS3 will surpass 360 in Europe in the beginning of 2010.

The formulation they are suggesting is not aligned launches, though.  It's measuring sales of both consoles from the moment the later console is released, which isn't the same thing.  Prices are higher at the beginning (especially for PS3) and there are likely supply constraints as well.  So they have PS3 at its most expensive and supply constrained vs 360 at its cheapest and least supply constrained.

True that if we look at it like kowenicki wants to, the numbers favor 360.  While aligned launches favors PS3.  It's just that with aligned launches PS3 is ahead by far more than the gap they show above (counting numbers for both consoles since PS3 release).

Anyway, now the price drops have hit and let's watch what happens during the holidays.

agree with u 

actually the quality of the system is way better than PS1 and PS2 

but sony thought thats just becuz it said PS3 on it it will sell like hotcakes and it didnt

sony should learn from that for next gen 

just like microsoft with rrod chaos 

25 million, nice, hopefully Sony can make it 30 by the end of this fiscal year in March!!!

IF we take brand names out of the discussion for a sec (humor me):

Company A has a strangle hold on the video game market last gen (to the tune of 70% market share). This gen, given their pricing structure and costs of development, they are fighting a huge under-dog from last gen...for SECOND place this gen. A fight they are still currently losing (though gaining).

Given this, do you think Company A is honestly happy that if you use some fuzzy math (aligned launches don't really affect total sales at all, do they?) they are doing slightly better than there closest competitor and have less than half the market share of the leader?

Oh but Nintendo is the only winner there...  MS has lost a ton as well.  Good thing I have Wii also!

Soo much nostalgia in this thread......havent seen an op with the ol'ps3 is ahead of 360 in sales,in a long time.

(Now if you align them isnt the 360 ahead of the ps3?)

op....do us all a favour an shoot yourself.