o yeah...and the ps3 will NOT.......NOT.....NOT(thought i should capitalize it and have a lil echo to make it more dramatic so everyone will get the picture) sell more than 400k.....in October. later this year???? probably

So they want bundles ?

What real gamers want is Halo GTA GranTurismo Killzone FinalFantasy MGS.

Ahh so you suddenly get to decide what real gamers want?
Maybe I think real gamers want SMG SSBB and MP3 so they are going to go for the Wii?
PS3 owners arent the ONLY real gamers out there, most X360 and a lot of the Wii gamers are real as well.

41k then...a little lower than I originally thought of just under 50k.  Anyway, it won't last at this number, I expect it to take a reasonable dip to around 33k next week and then come down and settle around the high 20's.  Once the games start hitting, it will get sales, but being truthfully honest, the BIG games aren't coming out until 08 (GTA aside) and I don't think the sales will really rocket until they start coming out.  Sony will have to make a further price cut later this year in time for Xmas I think.

Anyway, here goes with the next few weeks:

WE 14th July - 41k
WE 21st July - 33k
WE 28th July - 30k
WE 4th Aug - 28k

And I reckon it will stay around the 25k-28k mark until big games are released, then you will see a spike in sales before it returns to the same level again.

I agree with elprincipe - i don't see PS3 sales staying high for too long. People who have been waiting for the price drop are now buying, maybe even some more interested in those awesome amazon bundles!

PS3 sales will steadily decline to below those of the Xbox again - probably around 32,000

August releases will see it bounce back up a little - but i'm not sure if the impending titles are console sellers. 360 and PS3 sales will be similar, around 35k for the weeks, maybe a little higher for Madden week

then Halo will come, and 360 will see a spike that will humiliate PS3... sorry to say it... that will last for a few weeks before they come down to about equal again.

also, i'm wondering if the 360 hardware problems are starting to have an effect on sales... any thoughts?

August 14 Madden 2008
==> going on Xbox360 too
but, hopefully, the 2 version are similar

August 28 Warhawk
==> can make something except that it will restrict to the online community so it would not be a system seller.

September 4 Heavenly Swofd
==> can do huge things, good visual, charismatic character (nariko owns both lara and kratos), good game play, I believe it can sell the console.

==> Does someone know since "when" the price drop hit the PS3 ?
Last weeks figures numbers also take in count days where the PS3 was still 600$ ?

==> GTA4 is going to be released on the 2 consoles but, for the moment, microsoft still doesnt make enought advertissement about the exclusive content ...

==> Halo3 will have serious competitors this year ...
He is not alone in the FPS games war.

I think the sales will slide from here on out. People who were waiting for a price cut got their PS3 already especially after being told that the price cut was for a limited number of consoles only. Now that they have their consoles the sales will start to dip until they get back to their normal levels and it will stay that way until the PS3 finally puts a variety of unique big names on the shelves. Cross platform games will always favor the 360 here in the US, and similarly they will favor the PS3 in Japan.

It looks like we are going to have a polarization of regions this generation between the PS3 and XBox. I dont see the 360 going away here in the US (nor any other english speaking country) and if they release a reliable version of the 360 it will probably bury the PS3 to GC levels. Obviously the 360 is a dead trout in Japan so the PS3 will still be a success there. This is of course the absolute worst thing that can happen to us gamers if it did happen but I do believe that the ball is in MS's hands right now. If MS wants Japan & had half a brain then they need to turn everyone with a Windows PC there into a 360 customer like no one but MS & their virtual Monopoly can do. Sure you will have some headaches with hardware but it gives instant marketshare and at a minimal cost compared to making consoles for a loss. Software is much cheaper than hardware and they are already have half of India & Africa working for them on tech support anyway.