Bold fanboy prediction (as I posted on NeoGaf): The 360 will hit 500k units sold yearly - either by Media Create or VGcharts.org. Everyone at NeoGaf thinks I am insane (and I am). There's an equal chance that it'll only hit around 300k or so (and beat out Xbox's LTD sales in just over 2 years). However, here are my reasonings: Before the core launched, we saw typical sales on 2k units or less (down to 1.3k). The core launched @ 4k units, and has seen anywhere from that 4k to 35k. I believe the core will help the 360 stay above the 1.3k-2k units sold at its worst points this year, and go down to no less than 3k during truely dead periods (IMO, 4811 units on such a crappy week vs. 2k the same time last year is a testament to what it's been doing). Better product lineup vs. last year. We have Lost Odyssey, Virtua Fighter 5 (maybe?), Cry On (?), Infinite Undiscovery, Eternal Sonata, and a few other strong games coming this year. I feel that this lineup will help since it's not for the Z-crowd, and most of these titles will launch during 360s horrible period last year. It'll be difficult if not impossible to do better than what BD did for the 360 last year, but LO should really help the system get a large spike for 2-3 weeks, then simmer down slowly, ala what has happened in January. And at some point, when the 360 continues to grow it's library of J-Centric games, more people will opt for it versus a PS3 due to price. I doubt that it'll take many people away from the huge PS namebrand, but it'll be enough to allow the 360 to hit, or nearly hit 500k units this year in Japan.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
