They do look like they're peaking though - I mean X360 had its best 12 month sequence but its by only 30,000 units or so. If you at the image, PS2 stabilized at 5 million at $150 / $130, Wii is fairly stable at 9 million at $200, but X360 / PS3 are very rarely stable - they tend to increase for 6-10 months with price drops and then slide back down, and then each successive price drop / new model has pushed the peak slightly higher. But I mean PS3 did almost 4m in the USA at an average price of nearly $500 and at $300 its only at 4.8m in a 12 month period. July and perhaps August may be up for PS3, so it could conceivably top 5m in a 12 month period, but without a price cut that figure should get reigned in starting in September and then through Christmas. It could be back to 4.5m or so by the end of the year. My long running theory is PS3 was to peak during September 2009 to September 2010 for HW and maybe slightly after for SW, but we'll have to see.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
