Great Wii/DS and 360 sales in others. A 140k bump for the 360. US sales will show about another 250k bump for the 360. Thus in about 2-3 more weeks the 360 total year sales will be higher than the PS3's.
Let's review:
Last year towards the end, the PS3 saw a $100 price cut and became a great value as both a gaming console and a Blu-Ray player, thus hurtling it into great end of the year and start or 08 momentum. Then the 360 has a long overdue price cut (not some last chance effort or predatory strategy) that takes affect in September. The sales slowly incline until the holiday season gives the 360 all the momentum, which will probably carry well into the next year. So, considering both consoles have a great line-up of games, people on both sides will be happy with their purchases. So, since no PS3 price cut has been confirmed, and nothing can be more than speculated as far as what the price cut will do for the PS3 sales, we can only go off of current momentum, which puts the 360 at the advantage for 2009.
Assuming that the PS3 cuts prices ANOTHER $100, all MS has to do is cut prices a mere $50 or offer great bundles and other deals to increase their value to match. Given that the 360 has other means of revenue besides hardware and games (LIVE) and the PS3 online only costs them more money (I doubt the paid downloads and ads make up for all the cost). So, final word is: If Sony lowers the price, MS can back them into an even darker corner, one which Sony will not wish to go in, thus they are likely to hold out on price cuts for as long as possible.
@ssj12
You can't just compare their first 108 week sales. I'm not trying to prove you wrong, merely state that since the 360 was the only console on the market, many people did not even consider buying it until they could compare it to the competition. Notice that 2007 sales were much higher even with 2 other consoles to choose from in the market. Just saying it gives a skewed picture.
Sales of both systems over the same time period starting when PS3 released shows they are doing very similar, with no console having any major lead:
| Console | PS3 | X360 |
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Total
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16,461,997
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16,528,613
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