Just wondering because I think PS3 is gonna overtake the 360 by the end of this year.

You typically see between 35% and 55% (most often between 40% and 50%) of console sales between October 1st and December 31st.

http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly.php?date=39439&console=&maker=&boxartz=1

Look at the peak of the holiday season last year, the top week:

DS: 2,019,006
Wii: 1,463,690
PSP: 754,117
PS2: 711,193
PS3: 621,503
360: 592,722
GBA: 110,395


It's a very exciting time.

You think the PS3 is gonna overtake the 360 by the end of the year?

I hate to break it to you, but....NO

The last 4 months for each console should sell roughly the same number of units as it did in the first 8 months.

Actually I was including Wii and DS in that, which skews it because they sell well through the year and don't have supply for huge Christmas sales.


So for a PS3/360 comparison HappySquirrel is correct... around half the years sales will be in the last 3 months.

So assuming weekly sales stay similar, in the next 1.5 months (6 weeks) PS3 should sell ~700k and X360 around 550k

That would put the totals for the first 9 months at 6.7million PS3s and 5.0 million X360s

So the rest of the year will probably reflect that with a further 6.5-7.0 million for PS3, and a further 5.0-6.0 million for X360 (having a price cut will boost it a bit)



So PS3 should close the gap another 0.7 - 2.2 million (likely somewhere in the middle)

for PS3 and 360 it will be about 45% of their total sales. wii is unpredictable as it depends if they can keep up with demand(they wont)

Total sales last year for Ps360 + Wii, no handhelds: 33M

Q1: 6.11M

Q2: 5.49M

Q3: 6.5M

Q4: 15.89M

December: 8.5M

November: 6.6M

So November is pretty much at an average of 3 times as high as the other weeks, and December is at 4 times.

DS: 2,019,006
Wii: 1,463,690
PSP: 754,117
PS2: 711,193
PS3: 621,503
360: 592,722

what are your prediction for this years highest week?

DS: 2.2M
Wii: 2M
PSP: 1M
PS3: 0.9M
360: 0.7M
PS2: 0.6M

No, the PS3 won't overtake WW X360 sales because even though the PS3 will see a huge holiday boost, so will the 360. The gap might narrow, however.