No Harvey, at my store, they pay you to take them off of their hands.  No one want's them.  They take up space and cost too much.  They have so many, they had to rent out the store next to it, to store all the PS3s they couldn't sell.  They have so many, they use the PS3s to start fires in their fireplaces.

I believe that you are lacking awareness in general of the state of Sony's PS3. If you read over the numbers that I have broken down in my previous post maybe you can provide to me some good news for the PS3 that I do not see.

I heard that they drop down PS3's in third world countries because it can cure diseases. And since no one is buying it (as a game console) people are using them as heaters.

NO, NO, NO.  They use the PS3 as a booster seat in cars for people who can't afford them for their kids.  It also doubles as a seat warmer for your kids too.  That's what my friend who works at EB Games said, right before aliens abducted him.  Then when he came back from the alien spaceship, he teleported to Kaz Hirai who confirmed that the PS3 was being discontinued because Microsoft was buying them out, and then they'd make the Sony XBOX 1080.   

great |grāt|adjective1 of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average.

Please show me numbers where the PS3 is doing "Great". Give me a break. PS3 is middle road in "Others" and in Japan (excluding the last two weeks). In north America the PS3 is floundering. You are correct when you say that there is a "whole world outside America" but guess what? North America is the largest market. You can not discredit the importance of market leadership in North America.

If you want to do a simple analysis of demand for Wii, 360 and PS3 than look no farther than Ebay. What are the systems selling for on ebay new? Well...? Now, with that said, PS3 is not looking so hot this holiday season in NA.

Here are the numbers broken down...

North America had total PS3, PS2, 360, GC, Wii sales of 570,520. PS3 had 15.2% of the market. Does anyone else here see a problem with having 15.2% market share? That sucks when you only have two other competitors.

Europe sold a total of 400,250 systems last week. Of those, 21.5% were PS3. Well, not quite 1/4 but at least they are coming close. Not doing "Great" yet. How about "below average".

Japan aka the smallest market. Total sales last week were 104,426. PS3 had 54.1% !!! PS3 is looking good in Japan last week. 54.1% is the "Great" that you have been looking for.

When you add up all the numbers you get global sales last week of 1,075,196 systems. PS3 had 21.4% market share. That blows. Oh, but you said "outside North America". Okay, lets see... 504,676 total system sales outside North America and PS3 has 28.3% market share. Still not "Great". Well, I guess if you live just in Japan and your world revolves around Japan than PS3 is doing "Great". The rest of the world is doing "BELOW AVERAGE"

Mummelmann said:

If you look at the circumstances, the 360 is by far the underachiever of the lot: all the "big" games are already out, but sales are lagging and are overly unimpressive for every region save for NA, where it is beaten by the Wii. The PS3 has been out far shorter, has had no christmas season and has had a considerable price disadvantage over its competition, so; judging by circumstances it is doing great... I never thought it'd sell this well without any of the high rollers released yet! 

Even in the face of Halo 3, MP 3, Mass Effect and SMG it persists and climbs on the sales ladder WW, that's no mean feat, and anyone who can't recognize that should be hesitant to throw their analysis around too much. 

 If you look at the circumstances, the 360 is by far the underachiever of the lot: all the "big" games are already out, but sales are lagging and are overly unimpressive for every region save for NA, where it is beaten by the Wii. The PS3 has been out far shorter, has had no christmas season and has had a considerable price disadvantage over its competition, so; judging by circumstances it is doing great... I never thought it'd sell this well without any of the high rollers released yet! 

Even in the face of Halo 3, MP 3, Mass Effect and SMG it persists and climbs on the sales ladder WW, that's no mean feat, and anyone who can't recognize that should be hesitant to throw their analysis around too much. 

Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!!!! Post of the thread.  That was an excellent post, well thought out, and makes much sense. 

That last sentence was pure greatness.  Great post and you make great sense.