Really?? I was just curious how much blockbusters do to push systems on the PS3...

Well, PSABR had the potential, but it didn't turn out. I don't think there were any PS3 exclusives released this year that broke 1m. 

Ok... I was hoping to use that as a way point on how much systems TLOS and GOW might push the PS3... 10m+ seems abit much this year...

What's a blockbuster?

What? that's not what they're called? Well, I guess Assassins Creed and CoD are blockbusters, so I might have gotten that part wrong. I was looking for games that pushed systems, but PS3 apparently didn't have too many of those that were exclusive...

Not quite sure how it'll only drop 20% after its successor is out on the market, software dries up and people have moved to the next generation. Similarly for the following years. When it drops it'll REALLY drop, like 50-60% YoY.

What was the drop from 2011 to 2012? Man, there should be a table somewhere with all this data ^^

So you agree? 100m is impossbile for the PS3.

Keep in mind that consoles are usually discontinued when they only sell 1-3m units a year.

Why are people so convinced that PS3 is going to sell another 30 million units in its lifetime? Its a 6 year old console whose prime is clearly over. Even with God of War: Ascension and The Last of Us on the way, I still think PS3 sales for 2013 will be significantly lower than they were in 2012.

The problem being most of them posting comments on this thread are considering PS3 sales to go down the drain immediately with the launch of next-gen consoles. This however will not be the case. That's why prices are cut and that undeniably would be the sole sustaining factor for the consoles to survive the late-phase in their cycle.

PS3 has outsold Wii U 59 % from launch. Xbox 720 or PS4 being a GPU powerhouse 4 or 5 times stronger than their predecessor is not going to create a dent in the sales. However, it would be idiotic to say that there won't be any decline at all. PS2 continued to sell at a respectable rate even in 2007 when God of WAR 2 was the priced exclusive. Many consumers at the E3 2006 expo were held back at the idea to buy the then next gen consoles (360 or PS3) when GOW 2 could pull an amazing feat on PS2.

The large chunk of growing user-base in Europe and Japan will continue to contribute for the sales of both PS3 hardware and software units for a longer period. This could be owing to its multiple quality exclusives. MGS4, God of War 3 and many JRPGs will still find a gaming audience. I'm not excluding Americas and other regions under the EMEA as there will be a minimal yet sustainable contribution from them too. And this makes a mention about how Sony‘s marketing failures in the region proved costly against its competitors. But over the longer period certain lessons were learnt and they rectified some of them beginning with the launch of the slim model in 2009 at a competitive price. The price point will be reduced to a level appealing to the mass-market until 2016.

This post is also targeting at those who believe that PS3 will never surpass Wii. How are Wii and Wii U doing currently in comparison to PS3? What are the reasons for them doing so? These are the questions one need to know the answers to, before blatantly opposing the probabilities put forth by articles such as by this thread’s title as well.