I bet that over on the Millenium Campus at Microsoft (which is where the Xbox was developed) they are having smiles on their faces tonight.

Why? Cause Sony announced today (thanks HD Beat) that they are slipping the launch of PS3 in Europe to March and they are limiting the number of units for US and Japan to 500,000. That sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t, not during Christmas.

Both moves virtually guarantee that Xbox will see sizeable market share gains over the next nine months. I wonder how many games will be developed with such limited numbers available?

I remember when Christopher Coulter gave me crap about Xbox 360 and said that Sony would eat its lunch. Not looking so good for Sony lately.

TechMeme has a lot more on this.