Cool, if that happens then I would like to see 8th Gen consoles top that overall success. PS2 and PS1 are so far the only consoles to hit 100M. But the consoles we have this gen are selling amazingly I must admit.

I remember 10 years ago people would say the same about 300 dollars........... years back 50 bucks was a big thing.............. It's like computer ram... remember when 1MB of ram was huge??? Now look at the RAm used these days.....

But $399 is still a lot, so we might see a big increase in sales after a price cut.

By the way guys, BKK2 found an article about Mexican sales and Latin American sales - Mexico accounts for 1/2 of Latin America sales, and Latin America = 2% total hardware sales worldwide.

Source of Belief: Theory that PS3 will have extremely enlongated life-span.

Problems with Theory: Marketleaders typically do. PS4 will be miles better than PS3 (Since they learn from their mistakes) so PS3 will have no purpose. Blu-Ray players are cheaper.

So Mexico accounts for 1% of WW sales. Anyone know what percentage of WW sales does Poland have?

The target is high, and while I think the PS3 will gain some momentum eventually with price drops and more well known titles, I don't think it will sell better than than the PS2. Sony has a large fanbase from the PS1 and the PS2, which both sold over 100million. So I think a lot of that fanbase is going to carry over to the PS3. But it's definitely going to lose some of that fanbase in my opinion.

Do you have a source for that claim?

I think piracy is killing software (and movies and music) sales for > 50% the world population