The gap will be the same as when the ps3 launched 5.5 million. In 3 years the ps3 has not gained any ground on the xbox 360.

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Atleast try to prove me wrong.

Just remember that in 2010 Microsoft will most likely cut the 360's price. If they have to lose millions to stay in second place, they'll do just that.

I completely agree with this post ^

Except microsoft has profited for 2 straight years on xbox....they can easily afford the losses if necessary.

Sony has already shown their willingness to lose 5 billion dollars on the ps3 just to remain competitive....even if they are still n last place.

Yeh, but Microsoft lost like 3 billion because of Rrod and the other faults.

Both have been losing tons but obviously Microsoft won't be worried, they have bucketloads full of money.

Since people had lack of faith that PS3 was even going to reach 30 mil by the end of the year, I'm going to take a whim and say by november next year PS3 would have overtaken 360 in sales. It will probably be ahead by a million then just take it from there.

I think PS3 has a chance to overtake 360 by the end of 2010. I attribute this to the great PS3 games coming out in 2010 and the fact that most of these are big franchises and system sellers ( GT5, GOW3, FFXIII, The Last Guardian ). Games like GT5 will keep the momentum going in Europe. GOW3 and MAG (surprised I am saying this) might keep the sales high for some time as well. And we all know that there aren't many Xbox sellers for the first half.

Microsoft Set aside 1.2 billion to cover extended warranties in 2007.  Not sure where you get 3 billion from.  Their earnings reports have not indicated anywhere near 3 billion of warranty related charges.

My point was simply that microsoft has more financial flexibility than sony.  People wrongly assume that because the ps3 has returned the gap to the same level as when the ps3 launched 3 years ago that sony is doing well.

When in fact,  the opposite is true.  Sony's financial constraints will likely impact future price reductions and thereby impacting the sales gap.

Nobody here assumes that Sony is doing financialy well. Everybody here knows that the financial situation of Sonys gaming devision is far from good.

But its a step in the right direction MS had never 1 million week not even 900k week. its an achievment and it shows that the race is far from decided. After holidays the gap should be the lowest gap between Xbox and PS3. 5.4 mio is possible and the year looks great for Sony unless natal is a huge success. The Gap can be closed. Pricecuts from MS could slow down the progress but everything depends on Natal.

i guess the next step for MS will be 249 for Elite or 299 Natal SKU and 149 for Arcade. But this will happen in fall 2010. until then Sony can close the gap by 1-2 Millions and then we still dont know if sony has not a Pricecut too and if natal will move really huge amounts of hardware.

MS is dedicated to shareholders. Sony is japanese company they have long term plans and quick profit is not necessary. MS is american Company which has a different philosophy maybe they just want to make a win this gen and dont care if Sony wins with 10 million as long as they gained the losses back which would increase share value. You cant know how MS is thinking they base their decisions on various arguments. Which are unknown to everyone. So its not a given that MS would make everything to win against sony. its better for them to focus on wins because the share holders would appreciate that a lot more then winning an imaginery console war with 5-8 Million consoles or less.

They could sell the Xbox at 99 Dollar without a problem they can afford it easily they wont do it because of their share value which would dro immensly Sony has not such a problem. I read an aricle that Sony has a way smaller pressure from share holders then MS. For MS are numbers the only important thing and they have seen with the GC that a low price can even damage the image.

Yeah.  That's why I love competition.