this guy knows whats up

I don't know about you guys, but I believe that this Christmas season's sales are going to be much lower than everyone is expecting. For all consoles. I don't know if you guys know, but oil is now edging closer and closer to $100 a barrel, and if that is the case, gas for you car and home bills are gonna be crazy high. If that is the case, then more and more families are gonna want to (or have to) choose to pay for their bills than spend a lot of money on Christmas gifts. That may not be the case for all you guys here in the forums, but I think the majority of people are gonna want to have a warm house to live in than a video game to play in the cold.

If the PS3 outsells the Wii, we can be sure of Wii finally giving up its position as the only current-gen system to not get a price-cut.

Then it'll rip 'em all up again. With that said, I'd be disappointed, but I'd get over it because the Wii would still be winning and getting majority support.

 Wii fans, they dont care, they are going to be playing SSBB and SMG...

PS3 fans are going to spam the forums claming the return of the Sony brand to the power...

I agree that PS3 fans will go nuts, and I'm hoping to read their rant. That would be fun.
Will Wii crowd care? I think they will.
The exchange will be awesome!

I would react by hoping stores bring down game prices so i could buy more Wii games.

I would be shocked, then I would look for the portal back to my universe where consumers weren't stupid

There is a saying about those not learning from history are doomed to repeat it. Once again it must be said the PS3 has a propensity for spiking. That means the sales rocket up, and then slide right back down. Simply put its asinine to be getting excited this soon, or make what if scenarios. The PS3 is losing badly in North America, and is not even dominant in the other regions. Europe has already had its spike after all so no help there. So you need a conceivable means by which these two factors can change.

I too am concerned about the economic health of the worlds economy. Fuel prices are getting dangerously high. My family switched over to wood a couple years ago, because the natural gas prices were unacceptable. Ironically we live on top of an oil field. There is a oil well a quarter of a mile from me right now.

While it will be bad in North America it can, and will be much worse in other parts of the world. No country is self sufficient these days, but North Americans have greater natural resources to call on. We can always dig more wells. Use more coal, nuclear, and alternative energy sources. Even the agricultural production can help ease the problem. The ones that would really suffer are Japan, and that brings me to my point.

The oil prices and economics in general could be highly unfortunate for Sony especially in Japan. A country that imports so many resources. The prices go up too much and the console could lose sales by regaining its original price in a backwards kind of way.

 This is a sales discussion, is it not?

I'll definitely be shocked to say the least.

But it wouldn't stop me from enjoying my system.

Don't really think this hypothetical will come to pass. In fact, I KNOW it won't but there's my answer.

Don't let me discourage you from hoping though. 

John Lucas