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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
I love the notion that with a six million sales lead over the PS3, the largest online community of a console, and the highest attach rate, Microsoft needs to get "back on top."
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Most are right now looking at month to month figures rather than pure install base since the 360 had that year head start (at least that's the reason I can think of), and thus the install base issue is kind of invalid in that respect (don't ask why). So far, the PS3 has beaten the 360 on every month this year besides 1, and that was only a 900 unit difference. July gave the PS3 the biggest margin of victory in the month to month figures so far, and this is with Sony's heavy hitters still to come in LBP, the Bioshock port that is getting more attention than any other port I can remember, and Resistence 2, to name a few.
If Sony keeps winning the month to month battle with MS with their PS3 over the 360 by bigger and bigger margins, then yeah, I could see a reason to really worry. Plus, the rumors that Microsoft might be announcing a new system next year (what some are calling the 720) are probably making some in the know gamers worry even more about purchasing a 360 right now. They have relaxed their attacks on the other console (sans E3), and they really have done nothing to counter the momentum Sony is getting right now, coupled with few heavy hitters compared to how many Sony will have (they only have GOW2 as THE IP for them right now with Fable 2 going to a niche audience and the GTA4 DLC all but forgotten about with all those delays).
Not saying you're wrong in believing that, but I can see where right now Microsoft may need to start doing something before they see their install base lead slip away (yeah, it might take awhile if Sony keeps winning the M2M with the same margins, but the more they would widen that gap, the faster they achieve that goal).