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frybread on 12 December 2008
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Looking through the charts, all consoles seem to follow a trend:  high initial Christmas sales, but from there on out there is an arc that peaks and then drops.

XB

GC

GBA

All follow this trend.  Older consoles seem to as well, though the data isn't as reliable.

PS2 is the only console I found that bucks the trend, as it recovers from the downward arc in 2005.

http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=GC&reg1=America&cons2=PS2&reg2=America&cons3=XB&reg3=America&weeks=400&weekly=1

But could it be that PS2 only recovered due to 360 shortages in '05, and Wii shortages in '06 and '07? Or perhaps from winning the console war?

 

With 20% fewer sales than last year, PS3 seems to be starting a downward arc - at least in the US. Do you think it will recover?

Nov. 2007 / Nov 2008 = Differential
Playstation 3: 466K / 378K = -88K



PC + Wii owners unite.  Our last-gen dying platforms have access to nearly every 90+ rated game this gen.  Building a PC that visually outperforms PS360 is cheap and easy.    Oct 7th 2010 predictions (made Dec 17th '08)
PC: 10^9
Wii: 10^8