long story short. i don't see any PS3 exclusive that can hold of the 360 from crushing the PS3. coming from a PS3 fan, this shouldn't be shocking this late in the gen.

It'll be a split decision.

The PS3 will take Europe, the Xbox 360 will take the US. But the Wii U will trounce them both.

A price cut would do it.

Unlikely, the holidays belong to the 360, might change next year with the WiiU though.

I am not sure. Both PSABR and little big planet karting look good, and maybe the new slim can get some people attracted to get a PS3. But Halo 4, the Kinect seasonal boost and the BLOPS 2 boost (Yes I know is coming to the PS3 too) seems to much for me. If LBPK and PSABR perform well, and they have an aggressive tv campaign for the PS3 super slim, They stand a chance.

Halo and COD always help push 360s and with the price cut and Halo 4 special edition I expect the 360 to do as well as it usually does during the holidays.

the wii U won't have enough hardware to trounce anybody.  Launch systems always have constrained hardware.  

with this, you give me hope.

Sony hasn't even started advertising the Super Slim yet......the oddds are stacked against them.

-Xbox brand is stronger in America than PS
-Xbox always wins the holidays by quite a large margin
-Xbox just had a $50 price cut on bundles while Sony just launched a bundle that is $20 MORE than the old Slim.(This Uncharted 3 bundle will the new "basic" model from now on)
-Microsoft has more money to spend on marketing than Sony, plus the Call of Duty franchise is stronger on Xbox 360(no bundle this year though!) and they got Halo 4 will is bound to push a couple hundred thousand over the holidays.

its difficult but it can be done. Lets hope together.