Xbox 360 to outsell PS3 (says Microsoft boss)

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has claimed the PS3’s delayed launch means the Xbox 360 is odds-on to become the biggest-selling next generation console.

In an interview with US magazine Fortune, he observed that the first company to shift 10 million consoles in every other generation has gone on to become market leader. In typically bullish fashion, he remarked on the PS3’s delays: ‘Did we just get an even better opportunity to be the first guy to 10 million? Yeah, of course we did’.

He also added that Microsoft can’t produce 360s any faster than it’s currently doing, and dismissed suggestions that the PS3’s built-in Blu-Ray would give it an advantage, citing the probable lack of content for either Sony’s format or HD-DVD this year.

Whatever the complications about launch dates and storage formats, victory in the next-gen war is likely to be decided by one thing – games.  

At the moment the Xbox 360’s chart is littered with franchise sequels, with Project Gotham Racing 3, Quake 4 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’06 all riding high. Some intriguing titles are in the pipeline though:

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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