Do you think the gap will grow 2.5m in this quarter when VGC sales shows 360 just 500k over PS3 (without adjustments)???

never it's game over

A $199 PS3 ends this argument very quickly. But Sony is not in there for that, they want to profit. I doubt it will happen this Gen. 

I expect Sony to ship as much as 360 this quater, so the shipment difference will stay the same. Hopefully MS has enough consoles, they can really put some crazy numbers in the US. But the PS3 is doing well too.

Like every year the sales in the Americas accelerate far more week over week the closer we get to Christmas.  360 is dominating even with the better than expected PS3 sales in US in November. Also remember those better than expected sales were driven by the special BF bundle for $199.99.  

Week over week in NA the special pricing deals are heavily favoring the 360 and each week they are getting better. Week after BF (Where 360 won by 100K) the best deal was $20 gift card. This past week (results coming this week) the norm was $50 gift card but went as high as $80.  This week the deals go as high as $100 (There is one of these for the 320GB PS3 Move Bundle, but that doesnt seem to be the popular SKU anyway).  I expect that next week finding a 360 with a $100 gift card will be easy. Not so easy for a PS3 and these deals in the US will propel the 360 to the 1 million plus advantage.

Still why will retailers simply say sure Sony give us more even though they will just get stored. Last qtr was a qtr where a price cut happened. Not to mention it was followed by the high selling qtr of the year. Taking extra shipments with those factors in mind is a great deal easier.

Ok. Just puting some real numbers for comparision.

4 weeks to end of year/quarter.

360 needs outsell PS3 by 630,842 to be over 1 million.

630,842 / 4 = ~158k per week.

Are you saying the 360 will outsell PS3 by ~158k per week in the last four weeks of the year???

It won't happen.

And after all there are adjustments in January/Febuary always benefiting the PS3.

PS. PS3 is UP by a good margin in Europe this week due deals and bundles.

I`m taking about total sales, compatriota. I really think the Xbox 360 will be the beast in the holidays and will pull 1.3 million over PS3 numbers until 1st january (plus the 3.2 million gap from the first page = 4.5 million). 

Yeap... total sales... now 360 is just 500k over PS3 in holidays quarter (and PS3 is undertracked in US)... it needs more 1.5 million over PS3 in 4 weeks to put a 4.5 million gap after the holidays.

I guess most people here are just locking to US BF numbers =(.

I know... I'm a PS3 fan... but that's impossible.

You need to play some Zelda, man. This would make you:  =)

Hahaha!!!

But, i`m not the truth owner, I can be very wrong, is just my opinion. By the way, I really like what microsoft is doing in Brazil, buy some new games at 99 reais is incredible. 

Yes I do believe that the 360 will outsell PS3 by at least 158K on average the remainder of the year.  Sales in Americas are up this year and down elsewhere. Particularly for the 360. I believe this is due to extra supply and extra deals (particularly with the 360).  So to track I am adding this little chart.  MS will not be caught short with supply like last year.  Starts with the week after Black Friday.  In Americas last year Christmas week sales doubled week after BF week. While in the rest of the world sales went from 410K to 520K for PS3 and 265K to 338K for the 360.  I see that week alone the 360 outselling the PS3 by close to 400K.

Prediction: Never.

With price-cuts, releasing in new regions, continued improvements to their services, and possibly new exclusive IP'S in 2013, I believe Microsoft will always be able to maintain it's lead over the PS3.