alot more than sony could affoard a 249 ps3.

wow some surpising numbers here, ds still going strong, ps3 staying strong, xbox falling a bit in na

but seriously, why  would you buy a ds, isnt the 3ds backwards compatible? why wouldnt people wait for that instead of buying a console that will loose support in a few weeks

3ds=$250

ds=$130

retailers will probably still drop the price to make room for the 3ds, they could get it for cheaper than 130$ if price was the problem. im just wondering if/how the 3ds sales will be effected if people are still buying the ds. i wouldnt want to buy a ds today and have to buy new hardware in a few weeks so i could play new games.

Do you expect 360 to win weekly ww hardware over the PS3? I dont. Even if PS3 stops selling in Japan alltogether I would expect it to still win world wide.

Plus lets think about how many PS3's were probably destroyed in Japan, for all we know the PS3 could see an influx of sales in Japan in a few weeks due to replacement consoles.

I just took your conventional logic and flipped it on its head! 

I sure hope not, this is not the time to think about playing games and watching Blu-Rays, people have more pressing issues at hand. The PS3 will rebound, but our thoughts should be with the ones who will not be able to replace their PS3s.

I don't know why people think Japan sales are going to dry up, there may be a dip but its not like people just stop buying stuff after a catastrophe. 

Consumers gonna consume. 

Exactly,it's not like consoles will be next to 0 in the upcoming numbers for Japan.I personally expect the PS3 to be between 10k-15k then.

yeah PS3 lower than 10000 not gonna happen,reason for console sales down just because so many games delayed

Oooh, touché!