given that wk 2 sales of the slim greatly surpassed the expectations, i think the equilibrium point for the rest of the year will be closer to 200k...especially with all the great games slated for holiday release. i won't speculate on the christmas spike, but i think it is very conservative to say that the ps3 will outsell the 360 by around 50k until the new year.

some of you think the 360 will jump noticeably after odst. i am not so sure. i don't really think that there are all these gamers waiting for it to jump on the 360 bandwagon. halo3 already snagged the halo fans that weren't on board. who is left? i don't believe that there are that many halo fans left to account for the spike.

the ps3, on the other hand, had an extraordinary amount of people waiting for the price to drop so they could get one. also, the prices being the same means that future purchases for children will be more balanced between the two systems. the major ammo that worked in the 360's favor is gone. microsoft needs a new franchise to pull new buyers.

sony has gt5, ffxxxxxwhatever, and gow3 that are all new and very big franchises. the tide has turned, and everything is going sony's way.

Congratulations to the PS3 !

I highly doubt the 360 will ever be back on first place in worldwide sales now...

Never say never.

360 will almost definitely be back on top for at least a week or two following it's next major price drop. Barring a price change though, it's going to have a hard time beating the PS3. Just looking at the upcoming releases this year, Microsoft only has four exclusive releases that could push any noticable amount of hardware.

-Halo 3: ODST (Sept. 22 NA/EU, Sept. 24 JP)
-Forza Motorsport 3 (Oct. 27 NA, Oct. 23 EU, Oct. 22 JP)
-Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (Oct. 29 NA/EU)
-Left 4 Dead 2 (Nov. 17 NA/EU)

Halo 3: ODST potential to sell a ton of hardware is doubtful, though it should at least raise weekly sales by 25k given it's worldwide launch. Forza 3 and GTA are both launching back to back during the last two weeks of October so it gives Microsoft a good chance to rise in sales, but Sony has Uncharted 2 launching the week prior and Ratchet & Clank, FIFA 10, PES, and Tekken 6 during those two weeks to likely keep it ahead of 360. Left 4 Dead 2 is launching alongside Assassin's Creed II which is a multiplatform game that should see the majority of it's sales from 360, however by November 17th Christmas shopping and sales will be well underway and any mild increase do to software will be completely unnoticable. It's also worth mentioning that none of those games will push hardware in Japan. Microsoft is without a single big Japanese release this year.

If I were to choose a week when the 360 has the greatest chance of outselling the PS3, it would probably be the week of Modern Warfare 2's release. Sony doesn't have any major games releasing exclusive for PS3 during this time.

Wow!!!.... I knew that the Slim was gonna boost sales but I am surprised that it is completely shattering the 360 after the launch week.