I don't think the PS3 can hit middle-high 5 mil consoles by the end of the year....

[Bodhesatva]

HappySqurriel said:

If we talk about recent monthly averages the PS3 has been selling at (roughly) 250,000 units per month worldwide; if sales were to continue at this rate the PS3 would be near 5.5 Million at the end of 2007. That of course doesn't take into consideration that Santa is the most expensive coke whore in the world ...

From mid-November to Christmas Eve the entire world becomes shopping crazy and the concept of budgets or living within their means; in this 6 weeks parents feel so inadequate that they will buy little jimmy a $500 piece of electronics simply because he asked for it. Certainly, the $500 price tag will limit the sales of the PS3 but that means that only 1.5 Million systems will be sold in 6 weeks.

This is my understanding as well.

The odds that the PS3 won't hit 5.5 million by the end of December are very slim; it's quite possible it will hit that figure before December (Which will see 700k+ units sold alone, I suspect).