if it outsold it then why are people saying that sony will discontinue the 80gb SKU

You have to remember the 40 gb SKU wasn't out for the full quarter. It was only there for 2/3 of it... October would have been all 80 Gb SKUs...

I don't think really matters NeoRatt. The sales in November and December far outweight anything you'd get in october.

It might change the percentages to something like 58:42 or something, but nothing super significant.

October America PS3 = 127, 206
November + December = 1,319,540

Kytiara has a very good point, October sales pale in comparison to the rest of the quarter. I don't know how big a factor BC is in the US, that's why i wrote 15%, have to be cautious you know, especially after it turned out in Europe that people rather pay more for two consoles than less for one with all the features.