Penny i don't see a price cut happening this year
$300 is a set price for a while, maybe on other SKU that they might want to get rid of so that they can make room for new SKU with bigger HDD or something but other then that i don't see it happening, even around GT5 release. I mean wouldn't think Sony would reveal hat at TGS or e3? There might be a price cut but like i said it will be for older models

also btw wasn't it confirm PS3 has a higher attach rate for software? that was 09 so they could still be pretty close

You are discounting a very important factor.

The average length of time someone has owned a 360 is LONGER than the average length of time someone has owned a PS3, simply because it has been out longer.

The number of games someone buys is going to go up as they own the console for longer.

So you shouldn't look at attachment rates, you should look at attachment rates PER unit of time, so let's say games per console per month. Now to calculate this is a bit more complicated than simply dividing because the number of total consoles has been changing - but if you plot it out on a per-month basis as

games sold that month divided by
total console sales up to that month

Then you get an _estimate_ for games sold per console per month on a monthly basis. Plot this out for PS3 and 360 and you will find that the PS3 is higher.

This of course doesn't make for a good analysis since the people that already had consoles still buy games. However for your example sake, ps3 still does not look great if it has sold more but less software. Thats why I prefer the overall ratio which gives a more holistic picture...8.78 games for every xbox is better than 7.09 for every ps3.
On a final note, devs care about sales and thats it.
And you're wrong, ps3 does not sell more games per console, xbox does. Besides, games per consoles does not bother the devs, think of it this way, would you rather sell 100 games to 500 people or 10 games to 10 people? I'll give you a hint, most devs would rather sell more. Fortunately, xbox 360 gives you both, higher sales and higher ratio.
@thor, wow, you really need to do alot to try and get the ps3 numbers to look better don't you? Stop cooking up numbers and look at whats there. 8.79>7.09 any day of the month. Its as simple as that.

Just some logic needs to take a look at his name and apply it to himself.

PS3 this year has sold 1/2mill less games THIS year. The chart is showing the 360 ahead by 6million consoles on its lifetime. How does someone that tries to act smart with a name like yours, not comprehend that does not make the 360 software sales better.

Again, ignore me all you want... I am talking about THIS YEAR - 2010 software sales.

So VGCHARTZ is okay this week? Just wondering, because had they show the PS3 getting man handled, I'm almost sure that your defense would be that this is VGCHARTZ; am I correct in stating that?

I wish you crybabies would make up your minds whether or not vgchartz numbers are acceptable on N4G.

Also "PS3 this year has sold 1/2mill less games THIS year."
well being that the 360 was ahead by 5.5 last year, being ahead by 6mil now makes perfect sense.

"This of course doesn't make for a good analysis since the people that already had consoles still buy games."

I addressed this issue. Note that I said

games sold that month divided by
TOTAL console sales up to that month

Because we want to know the % of console owners who bought a game in a given month.

This is NOT skewing the numbers deliberately in the PS3's favour - it's "Just Some Logic". It's a reasonable measure compared to overall attachment ratio because attachment ratio is naturally biased in favour of the console that came out first.

Edit @ KingME

VGChartz numbers are estimates, nothing more. They can be very wrong, they can be quite accurate. But when VGChartz says one thing, and MS and Sony say another, I'm not going to trust VGChartz and that's how it is sometimes.

KingME, it is barely after noon and you are already drunk?

I am going by these numbers provided. I don't know if they are correct and I still think VGchartz under tracks the PS3.

VGChartz is a piece of S***, IMO... but this is what we have. They still were tracking the PS3 at 2million less than Sony's numbers. But lets ignore that... Lets ignore it all like you guys love to do. Lets just pretend and say that these numbers are right... everything I said goes directly along with that assumption.

Where in the hell do you see the 360 is 1/2 a mil ahead of the PS3?

PS3 6,509,380 (-48%)
X360 6,284,260 (-39%)

^ That above is listed for the year. Let me help you since you have trouble comprehending numbers and making things up...The PS3 is 225,120 units ahead for the year. Thats right, the xbox 360 you worship is behind in yearly sales ONCE AGAIN. 3 years in a row the PS3 has outsold the 360 worldwide, but VGChartz has the lead growing. You do the math. You figure that out. I love how you jump in and start calling people names, only to back up your childish rant with false info... Nice try.

"The 360 has out sold the PS3 each year worldwide since release"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !!

HAAA HA AHAHAHA AHA AHA AHAHAHAHA AHAHAHA!! AHAHA!! HAAHHAHA ROFLOFLOFL!! MY SIDES HURT FROM YOUR STUPIDITY!! xD