well, ps3 sold i believe 550k i europe alone in the first week with a price of 599€. the whole world combined and the ps3 could have reached that already but the console released different in many markets so there is "only" the europe release as huge week with over 500k sales.
so i don't think it is anything really surprising. i said that already 100 times but it is pretty simple, playstation has a few million absolute crazy fans. you see that in every gaming forum, on youtube and whatever. those millions aren't too relevant for the whole gen because it's still only a tiny part of all console owners but they make a big part in the first weeks.
the question is how many units they will ship. they could sell even more than 1m.







