10 weeks of sales is low?

Yes, compared to previous quarters (excluding holidays quarter), it is low.typically it is around the 1.8-2.0 million

Having 1.8-2 million consoles in the channel makes no sense in the slowest months of the year, because you don't want to have 4 months of products in stock.

its going to be an even match between the rest of this gen. sony will catch up and overtake 360 in the end but not by too much; maybe by 2-3 million and thats 2-3 years down the road as well.

the consoles are too similar to each other to really see one largely outsell the other

It will be interesting. The most the PS3 sold during this quarter since its launch is 2.2 million (in 2007), according to Sony.

http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/data/bizdataps3_sale_e.html

VGC says it sold about 2.8 million in the last quarter. 33.5+2.8= 36.3 million (conservative numbers) total shipped as of March 31, 2010. Given the massive amount of shortages Sony had, I seriously doubt there are over 2 million consoles on the shelves. VGC will need massive adjustments or some really good explanation.

With the amount of shortages coming from sony this quarter I'm expecting a 1.5 to 2 mil this quarter for Sony

I don't think I've ever seen a console at 1.8-2 million in the channels.

1.2-1.3 is generally about right

Sony don't report shipped, Sony report ordered meaning the shortages shouldn't affect their figures in fact the shortages would mean they'd have a higher number of consoles in the "channel" because some of them haven't been made yet just ordered

Channel = number on store shelves + number in trucks/on boats on the way to shelves. Less stock on shelves means less difference between shipped and sold. Units that have been ordered but not have not left factories do not count as shipped

Thanks for the clarification and I'll still be expecting a number from 1.5 to 2 mil as that has been the usual range for Sony in this quarter.