Yes, it doesn't matter how many consoles the 360 and the PS3 sell now, this gen is nearly over. So feel free to compare the numbers for the foreseeable future because the people who say it doesn't matter won't be at all bothered.

By next Christmas the PS3 will probably be ahead of the 360, but as I said it doesn't matter. You have to hand it to Sony for almost catching up after releasing a year later and at a much higher price ... But I digress, it doesn't really matter any more. It only mattered when 360 owners said it would never catch up.

That was when America was a market and not a country and Europe was a market and not a continent. So much egg on so many faces ... but it doesn't matter. A well placed 'LOL' will clearly show that they're not bothered in the least.

US being the 3rd most populated country in the World, I think it's fair to compare EU to NA which is the point piroh was getting at even though his wording is a tad misleading. For all we know some people might interpret that as North + S. America.

?? Last time i checked America was a continent too.

The Vita only fell this week by 7%! That's amazingly good compared to all the current hardware, even the PS3.

Long may that continue; it would be good for the 3DS as well, to finally get some sales competition.

@dark-hollow

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most Americans prolly think Yurop is a country so whatever, comparision makes sense

@dark-hollow
if you take it this way, so Japan is the biggest individual market for games
and well, USA is the major gaming market in the America. check the Brazil, they are still playing PS2 can we count them? they are Sony fans

Europe and Japan is the reason PS3 finally caught up with 360. It will surpass it just as the new consoles come out.. will Sony take pride in this? Probably as yet again MS came second. But MS will take heed they were on top for most of it and held them toe to toe most the generation. Well done to MS for this generation gotta say they done well for there first major console. The Xbox was a failure and MS rightly dropped it for the better 360.

Sony land?

Hmmmmmm, I don't see any sony exclusives on there. I see Halo 4...don't seem to see any sony exclusive.

Let me try to find the most recent sony exclusive All Stars...WOW! Not even in the top 50? LOL!

@dark

Technically official sales are figured by North America, which includes Canada and Mexico, along with a bunch of other smaller countries that make up the North American continent. Europe is done the same way. Japan is it's own market, then there are the Asian markets(not sure how they are split up). Not sure where Australia or Africa fits into it all.

However you are right, the US is the largest market for video games based on country.

1.US-13.6 billion
2.Japan-7 Billion
3.China-6.8 billion
4.South Korea-5 billion
5.UK-3.7 Billion

Edit: this was for 2010, based on a 2011 study. Not sure where they rank for 2011, and 2012 wouldn't be calculated this early.

They're all important markets though, and should not be discounted.

@Gamer1982

The 360 was ahead of the PS3 only because the 360 released 12-24 months ahead of the PS3, depending on the region. So the PS3 has sold pretty much the same as the 360 only it did it in a shorter time thus making the 360 the slowest selling console this gen.

@Kneon, who thought Sony wouldnt have passed up MS eventually? It was going to happen everyone knew it. The thing is that people look at a generation as a whole and look at the systems almost as if they all came out on the same day. Time does that to people. TBH though even though Sony will probably finish 2nd when its all said and done they to also failed in that they couldnt put MS away. MS was reeling after the first xbox than the RROD and Sony still had a tough time in the US market. MS is now a force in gaming.