1) The difference is only 6.5 mln.
2) PS2 sold around 50 mln. in NA alone.
3) PS3 is not even at 299$ price yet, neither 199$.
4) Games like FFXIII, KZ2, GoW3, GT5, HR, FFXIIIv are yet to come.
5) MGS4 alone helped PS3 to outsell x360 in NA for 2 months and 3rd month did almost on pair even against 299$ 20GB x360 model.
Hmm.. did i missed something? Oh yeah, x360 sales increased ONLY by 100% after getting 199$-299$ price. It`s like 100k per week. What is that?
So far, PS3 is less then 2 years on the market, of it`s 8 years(atleast) life.
Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...
2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.
Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.
1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.
PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far