misterd on 23 October 2008
LBP may appeal to a casual audience, but a casual audience doesn't spend $400 on a console, especially not for one game. There is simply no way that the PS3 sells 5-6m more consoles than the 360 any time soon. Consider that the 360 has now been out almost 3 years, and sells, roughly 8m per year. The PS3 is at the end of its second year, also selling 8m per year.
In order for the PS3 to pull even with the 360, let alone ahead, in the next 12 months, it would have to sell 14m copies, assuming the 360, even with its new price point, doesn't increase its sales. That'd be a 75% increase, which I think would be unheard of for any console this late in its life cycle.
