It could after its 9th or 10th year, but it will most likely end up being 85-90m. 100m isnt that off, but still kind of unlikely

Oh stop with the future proof crap. There is no such thing. The Cell wont get more powerful. The RSX wont gain power. The PS3 wont all of a sudden grow another 512MB of RAM.  The PS3 and the 360 power is nearly equal.  PS3 may have more raw power if developers want to spend the extra $ can time to bother (and most wont), yet the difference between the PS3 and the 360 is smaller than the difference between the PS2 and the Xbox.

Will the PS3 have a 10 year life. Sure why not.  Sony needs to sell the PS3 for a profit at some point.  The PS1 sold that long and so has the PS2, but the PS2 also had the PS3 get released just about 1/2 way through its life.  The PS4 will release maybe a year or 2 later in the life of the PS3 and have a bigger impact. Not because of the PS4 capabilities, but because the PS3 just wasnt as dominant as the PS2 was. In fact the PS3 wasnt dominant at all.

@thx1139

Just because the difference between the 360's and PS3's capabilities is not monumental doesn't mean that the term "future proof" is "crap".  I believe the 360 too was loaded with tech for its day and designed to last longer than the typical console life cycle.  What Sony did better was its blu-ray capabilities giving it several times more storage space than the DVDs that 360 uses; something that any developer will welcome.  Blu-ray movies and TV shows are becoming increasingly popular as players can now be found for less than $100.  Microsoft tried to combat Sony's blu-ray so much that it actually supported an HD DVD player.  Sony has forseen this as an eventual selling point advantage for PS3, along with more and more people buying 1080p TVs, and udating their players via ethernet ports.  No it will not grow an extra 512MB of RAM or find a sudden magical boost of power, but its blu-ray, ethernet port, and the cell and graphics chips they went with (which are capable of outperforming 360 when the time is taken, agreed it usually isn't) make it viable a bit longer than the 360.

But this is just tech I'm talking about; I'm the first to point out that the most powerful console has NEVER won it's generation historically.

Where are people getting the idea that PS3 sales will accelerate forever?

I do not think anyone is saying that, be funny if they did. forever is a pretty d@mn long time.

but 10 year's is not!

There is also the possibility that video game consoles could decline, like in Japan. In order for these larger console sales to exist, there must be growth in the market. I could see a number of scenarios where growth becomes stalled.

but on the same Token, Do you see in any shape of form , of the Say xbox360 slowing down or being stalled in say 3 year's

esp. since Natal is being released, and it add's a New dynamic to play game's on the xbox360.

in the next 2 to 3 year's I do not think it's going to stall enough were Microsoft will feel the need to push for another whole new system when right now the xbox360 Elite is still at $299.00 and selling very well, I think that's the big problem, It's still selling so well at $299.00 There is no real need to rush out the door. remember last time they had to Soak 1.8 +billion because of a fault in the first batch of 11 million system's they released, they paid for it. I think they do not want a repeat of that. does that mean they will not release ahead of Sony, who know's but I do think they will be more reserved about it this time.

I'm not really thinking of the 360 so much. I think that other factors in electronics could have an impact a few years down the line. For example,  Apple could become involved in the mix. Or TV manufacturers could begin building networked services into their sets. Or perhaps handheld gaming may become more prominent as it has in Japan.

Ill go on record and say yes.

My prediction for total Wii sales is more likely than PS3 to 100 million