[QUOTE="FragTycoon"][QUOTE="CanYouDiglt"]
[QUOTE="FragTycoon"]
With 360s early failure rates I have no doubt PS3 surpassed 360 users 2+ years ago.
For hardware sales, if its already happened or happens sometimes in the next couple years it makes no difference. The result despite inflated rebuy numbers and the full advertising power of MS is (or will be) still, for two generations in a row, last.
MS had the biggest advantage they will ever have with a year head start and Sonys self-imposed difficulties. If they couldnt do it with that, what chance do they really have with the upcoming iterations?
Oh and the guys saying PS3s sales are estimated or projections if you look at that report from MS and put your little curser over it what does it say?
Yup
So how on earth did Microsoft have the advantage with Sony's self impossed difficulties if Microsoft had their own? You even said in your first sentence about the failure rate. This is funny how the cows always try to act like Sony is the only one that had any any difficulties in order to make it seem like Sony was the only one to have any hurdles to get over. The fact is the hardware issue was bigger then the price tag of the PS3 so if Sony can not even pass the 360 with their hardware issues the PS4 has no chance at all if you want to play that game.360 had a problem with bricking consoles... PS3 had a console with more to it like Blu-ray, card reader, BC, recharging controller, HDD and Wi-Fi witch understandably made it cost more. Hardly the same problem.
Remember, MS had a year with no HD Console competitor for consumers to run too, a year advantage to fix problems and solidify their position in the market. You can honestly tell me that if not for the year we would even be talking about this?
I would follow the customary SW animal name calling but it goes without saying here.
Please, the PS3 was supposed to have passed the 360 within months of being released, not years. That first year the 360 not only had the RROD, but it was also competing against the fictional uberPS3 that was to blow everything else away and make the 360 look like "the xbox 1.5"...etc (ie sony's hype machine), which was also supposed to be coming "Spring 2006" Before this gen the PS3 was supposed to blow away a flawlessly launched 360. Now the PS3 arguably "catching" the 360 6 years down the road AFTER the RROD issues, all the while cutting price and bleeding money while NOT forcing MS to do the same and allowing them to rake in the dough is a success? I guess if you lower expectations far enough eventually you can claim some sort of victory.
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