Interesting, I thought the 360 was killing PS3 this yearin UK?  Isn't that what the arguement was when the information came out for Europe?  It may be winning in Europe so far, but UK numbers brings it about even?  Maybe I read those orginal thoughts wrong.

What this fails to mention is the PS3 continues to outsell the 360 despite the recent price drop across all the 360 SKU's, the cheapest now cheaper than the Wii.

We all know that the UK is the 360's strongest Euro country but it's still rather weak that 16 months headstart of hardware sales and 360 exclusive tv advertising amounts to 190k difference in software sales.

when mgs 4 out, it'll be 100% lead!!

@1 - UK is part of Europe last time I checked

@2 - This is the number of units sold, it's obvious that the playstation sales are going to overtake because the 360 has been out for 16 months longer, they have a larger install base - which is what the real comparison should be about.

psn id: gingo.... many people i know have just bought a ps3 for mgs4 and othersi  know are doing the same so i think we will see a spike in sales very soon after the metal gear release

I don't think Sony need to cut the price of the PS3, as it's doing pretty well... but imagine if they did. It would surely mop up the stragglers.

MGS4 is the key. I really hope the 360 doesn't get it eventually, you know the way we got Bioshock.....i'd gladly be not able to play bioshock than keep MGS4 exclusive!

@4 - Yes UK is apart of Europe, however if you go back and look at the arguements to Sony outselling in Europe, the most frequent arguement was that although PS3 was better in Europe, the 360 was ahead of the PS3 in the UK. 

I don't think the XBox is catching up with the PS3 thanks to GTA IV. I Do think people are geting ready to MGS4 release.

not suprising looking at true stats and figures more people r seeing the better product rather then hear how great xbox is from every fanboy out there. PS3 is kicking AS$ and taking names.

since the GTA4 launch 4 weeks ago 360 has been selling more consoles then the ps3 but the ps3 has sold more over the whole of 2008

@Ryoma

To be honest its not surprising why GTA IV is selling better on 360 and why the game is pushing more 360's than PS3 when you consider Microsoft's Marketing campaign to advertise the game with the cheapest version of the console across the nations tv screens. I must have seen the admore than 20 times and I'm someone who hardly watches TV.

There's a PS3 GTA IV bundle pack and I hacen't seen one ad for it on TV, on a advertisment board or in a paper. So how do Sony expect to sell it?

I just can't wait until the PS3 tops the 360 in the US.  That will probably be after the MGS4 release.. When the PS3 outsells the 360-'s home country then it will have dominance in the world..

@kevsmyname89    how the heck are you going to put a 48 gig game on an xbox dvd? thats 7 dual layer dvd-roms!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                               digg.com/playstation/MGS4_quality_being_reduced_due_to_size_limits_Konami_says