@EaglesEye

sorry I'll go to 3.5 million now....I miscalculated on the VG chartz table....lololollololololololol

but the fact is despite a higher price it can still do this

world wide i doubt PS3 will outsell 360 by much in 2008 but im sure by the end of 08 ps3 and 360 sales will be like half a million apart and 09 is where i think ps3 will out sell 360

Anyone believes that there is a chance 360 starting outselling PS3 sometime this year???

 yeh sure, the 360 has got some games that could really push the platform coming out later this year. 

sales by the end of 2008

Wii - 50m
PS3 - 22m
360 - 25m

VGChartz Hardware data for the period 05th Jan 2008 to 07th Jun 2008:

Console PS3 X360
Total 4,372,707 3,278,347
America 1,461,999 1,521,896
Total Others 2,480,414 1,688,114

...I'd say PS3 selling 3M more consoles total is possible, but that's as far as I will go. Sony will have some good sellers, but MS will not just do nothing.

I see no reason why the PS3 will be ahead of the 360 by the end of the year =/ PS3 will lose to the 360 this year in america PS3 will win others and win Japan

05th Jan 2008 to 07th Jun 2008:

Console PS3 X360
Total 4,372,707 - 3,278,347 = 1094K in 22 weeks = 49,700 per week

That gives for the year 70 x 49.7 K = 3.48 mill (using 70 weeks for the year to take into account the Holiday boost)

* high profile games for PS3 (really just MGS4) and a possible Blu-ray push during the Holidays will increase PS3 sales from current level

* but this will easily be offset by a X360 price drop in NA

So I'd say the PS3 has a chance to outsell the X360 by 3.5 mill max. 10 million X360s sold, 13.5 million PS3s.

Could be less, becuase the potential increase from a X360 price drop depends on scale and timing. Also I haven't looked at the trends of Jan-May 2008 that careful, the last 2 months might have a considerably less weekly lead for the PS3 than 50,000 units.

Would you rather own:

A PS360 that is slightly more expensive, but has better brand recognition, MGS4, and doubles as a Blu Ray player?

or

A PS360 that is slightly cheaper, has Halo, and a slightly better games library? 

It's pretty clear that people are almost exactly evenly divided on this hot button issue!