I thought Sony is usually the last one to report their numbers.  I would think the Sony and MS dates would be switched.  Or am I remembering wrong?

I got the MS and Nintendo dates from here:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/earnings/microsoft-corporation/msft/nas

http://www.dailyfinance.com/earnings/nintendo-co-ltd-unsp-adr/ntdoy/nao

And the 19th is when Sony Ericsson reports. I assumed it was the same day.

http://technologeeko.com/sony-ericsson-to-announce-q1-2011-financial-results-on-tuesday/

So what you're saying is that you got upset when people compared GT4/GT5 unfairly in order to flatter GT5, but then you're happy to do the exact same thing so that you can bash LBP2.

Congratulations on exposing your own hypocrisy. Words almost fail me.

Dead Space 2 and Mass Effect 2 have done well in the same scenario. I'm pretty sure neither of those were lagging behind their predecessors' sales to the degree LittleBigPlanet 2 is.

Good point, however, you have to rememver that not all games follow the same pattern

Ok.   This year they must have switched it up, cause I could swear that as long as I have been coming here Sony always reported last.  Not unless, Sony Ericsson report separately.  If they do go first, though, I'm not complaining.  I hated when they would wait so long to report.

I'm fairly sure he's just pointing out the hypocrisy.

Hey don't be so harsh. A lot of people have biases which lead to terrible comparisions. Obviously the LB1/LBP2 and GT4/GT5 diret 10 week comparision are unfair. LBP1 and GT5 had holiday releases where LBP2 and GT4 did not.

LBP2 needs more time to stabilize, but selling 23k weekly after only 10 weeks is a bit low. With PS3's strong fall line-up this year, I'm not sure if LBP2's sales will get a strong boost. This game appeals to the casual audience a lot more then the core, so unlike God of War, and Mass Effect, a strong fall release is very beneficial for the games overall sales.

I know many Wii games which released at other times of the year contradict this, but game sals on the Wii are very very different from HD console game sales.

IMO LBP2 will sell over 3 million, but nowhere near the 4.3 million LBP1 sold. Sometimes a non holiday release hurts a game. e.g. I can't imagine CoD selling over 10 million with a January release.

Also those games are "hardcore" where LBP is largely casual. They follow a difference sales pattern.

I think the PS3 can match 15 million sold for the 2010/2011 fiscal years.

But I unfortunately don't see the PS3 being able to move ahead of this number in a single year's time. I think the price cut will put the PS3 around the 14.5-15 million range for the next fiscal year. Uncharted 3, Sorcery, Socom 4, Resistance 3 and Twisted Metal, plus price drop to $250 will only match the 2010 FY.