Sony: Likely to meet annual PS3 sales target.

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TheSource said:

I have Sept  - Dec down for PS3, but at worst they're on track for flat fiscal year shipments (13m) and I think 14m is more likely than anything.

To reach 15m, they need a better Oct-Dec in the USA & Japan, and I don't see it.

From April 5 - Sept 12 2010 in Japan they're up about 60,000 units over 2009 levels - and that will dissappear over the next month or so as PS3 continues to lap the Slim / Price Cut. In the USA from April to August 2010 they're up about 325,000 units over Apr-Aug 2009 - and most of that will dissappear in September as Sony laps the Slim / Price Cut. By the end of September, USA Japan will be up by 50,000 - 100,000 units over 2009. I don't have Europe figures right here, but given that October should be weaker as well, and that GT5 won't push PS3 to a 200k week in Japan as FFXIII did, I really don't see how Japan and the USA can be up, as October sets up Nov / Dec in the USA and FFXIII >>> GT5 in Japan. Europe / Others will have to be up by 1.5m - 2.5m to meet the 15m projection.

Are you talking shipments or sellthrough? And actually I am expecting a 150k-200k week in Japan. You do know that the special edition GT5 bundle sold out the day after it was announced, right? And are you aware that Move is being bundled in PAL for free?