HappySqurriel on 28 May 2007
People have focused on Japan mainly because it has been obvious for awhile that the PS3 is performing remarkably poorly there; the weekly sales numbers from 2 trusted sources in Japan meant that months ago people started seeing sales in the 10,000 range and realized the PS3 was in trouble.
In North America we are more dependant on NPD numbers which come out monthly; sales for the PS3 in March were bad, sale for the PS3 in April were awful and if (when) sales continue for the PS3 at this level in May people will start to talk about how it is a dead platform in North America.
