Slimebeast predicts: NPD and remaining PS3 & X360 sales 2009

[Slimebeast]

The Truth said:

thx1139 said:
Hard to believe that the PS3 will sell nearly 7 million consoles from Sept through the end of the year. Looking back to 2007; last time the PS3 got a $100 cut and a non recession year, the PS3 sold about 4.5 million that year while the 360 did about 4.8 million. Last year the PS3 did less than 4.4 million and the 360 did 6.4 million.

The jump to nearly 7 million seems really unrealistic.

Id say the PS3 will do:

September - 675,000
October - 875,000
November - 1,600,000
December - 3,000,000

So around 6M, a 1.8M increase over last year for the same period (Price Cut, GT5, FFXIII, Economy should pick up slightly soon, new model)

Your total is 6.15 mill. September alone will sell over 1 million PS3s (if u define it as a 5 week month like NPD does - else, if 4 week, it's gonna be 850K). So that increases your number to 6.5 mill. And Dec could be 1.4 mill NA, 1.4 mill Euro and 500k Japan (if FF13 launch) = 3.3 mill which pretty much would put your numbers at 7 mil (especially if GT5 is available, then 7 mill is almost guaranteed).