PlayStation 3 outsold Xbox 360 again in February

Nintendo still reigns supreme. And what's really scary is that the PSP came within striking distance of the xBox 360: Hardware - February 2008 588k - Nintendo DS 432k - Nintendo Wii 352k - PlayStation 2 281k - PlayStation 3 255k - Xbox 360 243k - PlayStation Portable

Blu-Ray bounce.

@DRWAM That very well could be possible as I've heard the same thing. However, evertime I go into circuit city or anywhere else for that matter they have 360's in stock. If it were purely a supply problem and ps3 taking over, they would be sold out. The Wii has had supply problems as well, but it's still beating the 360. The 360 is a losing platform when you take into account the problematic reliability issues plauqing it.

One thing I think people are overlooking here though is, the number of XB360's that have been sold and are already in consumers homes. I think the reason why the Ps3 is selling so well right now is because of the Blu-ray player (after all it is one of the best on the market hands down) and at the price for the Ps3 it's hard to pass up on. You get your Blu-ray player and the ability to play games thrown in.

The PS3 is a much better bargain. Out of the box you get a better hard drive, Wi-Fi, and BluRay. Microsoft likes to nickle-and-dime the consumer ($100 for a bloody Wi-Fi adapter?). Even the latest Xbox models have a shocking failure rate and are too loud. I want to buy something that just works. I wanted to buy the Xbox core system mostly as a media extender but refuse to pay $100 for a stinking wireless adapter.

joe-dokes: I would agree that most Wii customers don't "give a crap about graphics", but it would seem that Paul does. In fact, I believe that most consumers that go strictly for the 360 or PS3 are drawn to things like graphic power (among other "power" related features, like the CPU and GPU in each console). I also question Microsoft's commitment to HD DVD. I would think that if the really wanted to push the HD DVD agenda then they too would have waited for the format like Sony did. If anything, Sony is using the PS3 as the "Blu-Ray agenda." Thats fine that it is a Blu-Ray player, good or bad, but what erks me is that is either the number 1 reason people claim the PS3 is better or its a top 10 reason. Why don't people rave about the Xbox or PS2's ability to play DVDs? I can't recall a console being sold as a video player BEFORE it was a gaming console. Even the 360, with the online video store and playback capabilities, did more to tout it's gaming abilities over some of the cool multimedia playback that it supports.

I wonder thou outside of the crowd that is going to buy the 360 regardless, the 360 games regardless, just what the appeal is going to/is to the masses. If measured in mind share the public from 90 year old grandmas to little kids know exactly what the Wii is and want to play it, you cant buy advertising like that. What do I mean? Sony and MS are in a dogfight to get the "serious gamer crowd" (whatever that is). While Nintendo is eating the lunch of both because it appeals to such a wider audience. Hardcore gamers love to crow about how important they are but in the grand scheme Nintendo seems to be doing pretty well. Extreme graphics while cool aren't going to win over most people, again just the same sub-set time and again. In this respect the Xbox like the Zune currently. People aren't rushing out to buy it other then those who were already predisposed to do so. So for the foreseeable future MS will simply be selling the new versions of the player to the same customer base In short the Xbox is in an ever losing proposition. I don't see enough critical mass to ever be a money maker for MS. They are selling to the same customers who bought the original Xbox. And now that the Hi Def wars are over I expect Sony to really ramp up the pressure. I firmly believe that the Xbox was another of MS's "defensive moves". You know the kind where they become involved in anything and everything unrelated to their core businesses; somehow believing that in doing so it will ward of perceived attackers to Windows and and Office. All the while doing so just further distracts and causes more and more money pits to appear. Example: For years MS ignored the iPod as insignifigant until it was far to late in realizing it for the Trojan horse that it is/was. In closing, for such as successful company they sure do exhibit a "barbarian at the gates" mentality...