The Sony PlayStation 3 is beginning to chip away at the 360's lead in both software and hardware sales in the US, and that system only seems to be picking up steam. In contrast, the 360 doesn't seem to have much real momentum these days.
Picking up steam in the way sales were down 150,000 last month
It has made a tiny dent in the 360 lead with MGS4 its biggest exclusive title and the bump is over in both the US and Japan where amazingly 360 sales more than doubled PS3 last week.
we don't know how many discs Final Fantasy XIII will take up when the title arrives on the 360
We do know you'll be able to install the game on your HDD though on the 360 optionally, how are the installs going to work on PS3? As with MGS4 changing a DVD is quicker than the multiple installs that PS3 is forced to make negating any optical disc storage advantage.
Halo is a system-seller, sure, but Metal Gear Solid IV is still a PS3 exclusive
I would check the sales figures for Halo 3 v MGS4 before making this point
Home could be the silver bullet that finally gives Sony the edge in online play.
Could be if it ever happens, seems to be taking a while though.
The new firmware update that will refresh the UI of the 360 looks strong, but the press gave it a scarily icy reception at E3; the full-scale plagiarism of the concept and design of the Nintendo Mii had many onlookers audibly laughing. It was not a comfortable moment.
I don't think the audience it is aimed at will give a toss and they wont even have heard of E3.
Microsoft also has to pay attention to the hard drive of the PS3. The drives are large, getting larger with the standard systems
Funny I thought the 120gb offered with the Elite was the largest offered as standard and correct me if I'm wrong but my launch PS3 had a 60gb drive and my last one had a 40gb, they actually got smaller. Has he noticed the 360 comes with a 60gb drive now?
the Trophies it brings seem to be gaining popularity;
How many games support these as of now? Pointless and half baked.
There is also the fact that Sony has the Blu-ray drive, provides strong multimedia functions on its system in general, and its video rentals and sales work seamlessly with your PSP if you want to take your content on the road. The PSP-PS3 connection gives you so much cool functionality that it makes consumers want to own both for a great media experience. Microsoft has no competition for that at the moment
Which a miniscule amount of people use, I have both and I don't bother.
Terrible article, since when did journos stop doing research.
360 has it's problems but if you take market share from last gen and the fact the only console sold at a loss now is the PS3 I would say Sony still have more.