i don't know why people are claiming that the ps3 was supply constrained.

but i think the ps3 faired pretty well against the 360 so far this year in NA in my opinion. if anything, sony have nothing to worry about. i don't know why everybody is going into damage control. hasn't the ps3 come out on top of the 360 in the majority of npd releases this year?

somebody please correct me if i'm wrong.

We can only say.........PS3 DOOMED

If you want to play Spinnarooni, the PS3 40gb was being liquidated in August. Multiple retailers reported that the PS3 was supply strained in AUGUST.  The third week though, thats when 80gb started seeping in.

Probably not on its own - ask after September sales are in.

Win for the 360 in America does not change much, the gap between 360 and the PS3 is still significant in that region, and Sony will have a tough time if they still planning to outsell the 360 in NA overall. Because i the Price-Cut will have the biggest effect during the holiday season when price becomes one of the most important factors, and people that will be buying the product might not be best imformed about it's features. And most parents will choose more economical option for their children

But the PS3 still does well in Europe, and thats the region they should concentrate on, because in Both Japan and America they do struggle.

And at the end of the day, it will be the Wii that will continue to dominate ( i just thougth i drop it in, because people tend to forget that MS and Sony fight for 2nd place)

LOL!

Funny.  The price drop wasn't announced until a week before 9/5 which was the last two days of the data for NPD. 

You sure it didn't have anything to do with Madden selling 1 million units?  The remaining Pro's in stock?  Or actually having an exclusive (though not so good) game come out (Too Human)?

The fact that XBOX 360 this month (185k) managed to do less than the PS3 did last month (224k (?)) when PS3 had no games out shows a public desire to play games versus no games at all.

Official NPD numbers for August.

Here are August NPD hardware sales figures:

- DS: 518.3K 89.7K (-14.75%)
- Wii: 453K 102K (-18.37%)
- PSP: 253K 31.3K (12.49%)
- Xbox 360: 195.2K 9.6K (-4.68%)
- PS3: 185.4K 39.5K (-17.56%)
- PS2: 144.1K 11.4K (-7.33%)

You are correct it was 10k but it was still a 360 victory I have been reading posts for the past three weeks stating the 360 would never again beat the PS3 in sales and it beat it on a month BEFORE the price cuts, that could be omnious sign for Sony which clearly had the momentum

TOV and to human sure did not seel consoles, there are threads on the boards about was HAze or Too Human a bigger bomb...lol

Now who is dreamin, Sony can not cut the price anytime, they have a duty to there shareholders to make money and this console has lost almost 2 billion and they are not making money on each sales to this day (about break even) at $400.00.  So unlike MS they cant just drop the price.