I have to ask...why were you talking in italian to your mum?

Well average PS3 sales are for now - opitmistic - super optimistic.
Japan 10k -> 120k -> 250k
USA 50k -> 200k -> 375k
Europe 100k -> 250k -> 375k
Well, yeah, probably not happening, unless there would be an EPIC advertisement for whole next week. =)
Actually, if they would release a model with BC also in Europe and Japan..
People waited MANY years for MGS4... also MANY waited in USA for 80GB model. =)
Well, as i said, THIS would be really EPIC. =)
But over 500k per week is also a GREAT number. =]

It was announced three feckin years ago....its been a long, long wait...

I'm clearly in the minority, but I think Microsoft's doing the right thing here.

There's always a balance -- you can always cut prices, but those price cuts reduce profits. You can always make more stable profits, but that usually means you can't cut prices regularly. It's a give and take. Sony and Microsoft have been bleeding each other for far too long; it's time to get back onto stable financial ground. 

Unless we don't care about Microsoft's prospects long term? I think a healthy, sound Microsoft is a good thing, and I think that's exactly what they're doing now. They were sacrificing profits for marketshare, and now it's time to sacrifice marketshare for profits.

By the way, I've had my first few days with my new Elite 360, and I'm loving it so far. Got Ikaruga (fantastic, as good as SSHD) Ninja Gaiden II (very good so far) and Mass Effect (pretty good, not great, for me).  Castle Crashers can't come soon enough!

MS and Sony have both realized that subsidizing gamers isn't giving them the userbase they require to pay off in the long run. They're buckling down and trying to recover what they've already sunk into this generation while making plans for the next big battle.

Small price cuts down the road which keep the hardware profitable are on the menu. Big price cuts are not because they simply won't stimulate enough demand to justify the cost.

 Yes and do you have a answer for my question?

Yes. I considered giving you a celebratory ban because I agree with this so much, but for some reason others don't seem to like get banned as a reward for intelligent comments. 

 It reminds me of the time I vomited all over a girl to tell her how much I loved her. 

i think it will be in a week

CrazzyMan stop it. You are wiser than that.

Your middle target, "optimistic", has 570K for just one week. Up 410K from average PS3 week!

Halo 3 didn't come anywhere near that. Despite selling 3.8 mill ww (900,000 copies in EU/others alone) the HW increase was just 80K (from 150K to 230K).

Yes, I know MGS4 comes bundled, but this game is a lot smaller than Halo 3. I predict 1.5 mill software WW, which normally would mean 30-40K extra HW, but thanks to the bundle & 80GB perhaps 100K extra HW --> 160K+40+100K=300K PS3s during MGS4 week.