I think welshie has a good point. If I ever get Wii or 360 I'll only be buying used games. There's probably only a few more PS3 games this gen I'll buy new. I've bought more PS3 games new than I did PS2 games, so my new game buying phase is almost over.

As to Squillies idea that RROD fear has been holding people back, well for me there was no way I was buying a used phat 360 when the next gen starts. But now I'm almost certain to be buying a used 360s (prolly Arcade) a year or so after Nextbox releases. So take that for what you will.

Having said that I still think this doesn't fully explain why 360 weekly HW>>>>PS3 weekly HW atm but 360 SW < PS3 SW at the same time. There's a significant % of upgraders in the weekly numbers right now, and they will eventually fall away.

I wonder if people buying 250Gig in advance of Kinect are going to be a little miffed when they realise they're gonna end up paying $50 more than those who wait and buy the 250Gig Kinect Bundle.

The Source himself said that there is certainly a chance that the 360 will outsell the Wii in NA for the rest of the year, he said it in the NPD thread.

PS3 better in North America. Nice!

I'd add that there just isn't a dominant game right now that all new buyers would get.  So even if they are buying a game or two, it's just spread across the hundreds of possibilities.

there are 2 things at play here.

1) it has been a very lean month for game releases, nothing new to buy = lower sales

2) why buy new when as there is nothing new out all the games can be bought cheaper second hand.

example, My brother purchased his first console this gen 2 weeks ago, he upgraded from his recently deceased ps2 to a 360s with 5 games, all 5 games were second hand, until mafia and then reach are released he will only purchase second hand.

I myself think it could be possible for wii to sell like it did before. the key is them redesigning the wii and adding a HDMI port to it and maybe making it to where you can add a portable hard drive as well. then sells would increase again. plus they could do a redesign and keep the current one but drop the price of it down to 150. 

as for the other two consoles i think the ps3 has past its peak just because of the fact they already released their redesign and granted yes could use another price cut but i dont see sales affecting it that much. the 360s is at its peak right now so when the appeal is gone it will drop back down to where it was. i think all these sales is hinged on what nintendo is either thinking up or gonna try in the future to bump  sales back to where it was. 

Nintendo has done their part of releasing quality games for Wii. The problem is mainly third parties, who are almost single handedly cutting the Wii's life shorter than its potential. Nintendo can't really control that, if they don't want to develop for the console, then they don't want to.

What? Isn't wii getting the most 3rd party games? They develop for the console, they just don't make the games you want.

amazing sales all around guys, well done to 360, and ps3 is still doing really well, not long now until we hit september and move releases

Whats so wrong with the gap? Not like PS3 will ever take the lead so why not just be happy that PS3 is not getting as killed as it used to be. It is nice to see them pretty close in overall sales but X360 won`t lose its lead until this generation is no longer relavant (if ever).