i say it will sell another 6.5 million

And did you see the number next to the prediction. Theres your answer, if you know what it is.

I say 25 million.

Do one for the ps3.

I would say that (IMO) the X360 will see a similar value of units increase between now and the end of the year.

What I mean by that is that the X360 outsold last year by 1.6m units, and I think it will sell another 1.6m on top of the 5.3m, for a grand total of around 26.9m units.

It's certainly possible if MS drops the price in the US. That's the big question. The advantage the 360 had in the 2nd half of last year was the price drop, and Halo 3. The X360 has a hardware mover in Gears of War 2, but won't be as monumental. But the key to sales was the price cut, as it allowed the X360 to move around 80,000 units of HW per week in the US for nearly a month (then H3 hit). We've already seen that the temp. price drop shot X360 sales up to ~95,000 average for 2 weeks, with a lesser pricedrop (since the arcade and elite prices weren't dropped) has had a similar effect.

So I would say in between 26.5m-27.0m for EOY. My official prediction I made in Mid-December last year was 27.0m. If that comes true, I will be rather happy :)

I'm not as bullish as you guys are:

1) To phase out the 20 gig 360 while introducing the new model, there is going to be a week or two of extremely limited supply in the Americas.

2) The reintroduction of a middle sku at $349 (even with more gigs) is going to mean lower sales instead of sales momentum from the current sku phase out.

3) The shooter market is over saturated now I think as both Microsoft & Sony have both placed too much emphasis on it after the launch period (first year on the market).

But:

Sales in Japan and Others are going to remain relatively high in the second half, and I think Microsoft is going to use that as an excuse to avoid dropping price further, especially since Sony seems loathe to drop price given their diminishing profits and the declining PS2 market.

I think we'll see 21.5m Xbox 360s shipped through September 2008, and then 26m Xbox 360s shipped through December 2008, with about 24.8m in sellthrough.

im gonna predict low, i dont think it will be much of a boost (of all said mentions of games/deals n such.) so without further ado i say....24.6 mln so they gain 4.6 mln

a harder question would be can ps3 hit 20 mln by the end of this year? doubtful but holiday season looking good for them

I say 26.5 million.

The biggest milestone will be passing the 3DO in Japan this year...:)

I say 25 mil. That seems like a reasonable and safe target.