what if... don't get mad... a new trend developed where the new $299 PS3 started enticing 360 owners to pick up a ps3. And heck a large percentage of these people stopped paying for live to play online games on the PS3 for Free. There's a hell of a lot of budget conscious consumers out there, in America especially. Yea i don't think it'll happen but, it's interesting to think about. Maybe Microsoft was worried and bundled the game and payed for timed exclusivity on the map packs to keep the numbers swayed in their favor (as well as xbox live gold accounts active).
And are pre-order numbers ever the best indication of how a game will sell over several years?(could 360 owners pre-order more?) Didn't too human like pre-order 1 million or so?
