North American sales this week are ENORMOUS

[Bodhesatva]

That picture isn't going to "bite them in the ass," exactly, although I think it serves as an instant and unmistakable symbol of the changing landscape.

There are still people who believe that the PS2 started off slowly too, and that the PS3 is just gathering steam, that the PS2 and PS3 are tracking identically thus far, and so forth.

This picture single handedly dissipates that illusion.