Xmas season already started in EU?
About economic crisis: even with it, there are still hundreds of million people around the world that maybe have less money than before, but have by no means become poor, the real hit now is suffered by cars and houses sales (even boats are doing surprising well despite the crisis, according to producers at this year's Salone Nautico Internazionale di Genova, the International Boat Show in Genoa, it ended on 12th October).

hmm i wonder how high new wii shipments will go

In France :

PS3
 
24/10/2008 : PS3 + Motorstorm : Pacific Rift - 399€
24/10/2008 : PS3 160Go+ PES 2009 - 449€
07/11/2008 : PS3 + LittleBigPlanet - 399€
21/11/2008 : PS3 + 5 BluRays Harry Potter + Réduction sur le 6ème - 449€

http://www.playfrance.com/news-ps3-psp-les-packs-ps3-et-psp-de-la-fin-d-annee-968280.html

did france instantly become the whole of europe or something?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Motorstorm-Pacific-Rift-PS3/dp/B001FB56MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1225195477&sr=1-1

http://www.game.co.uk/PS3/Racing/~r335235/Motorstorm-Pacific-Rift/?s=Motorstorm:%20Pacific%20Rift

http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/5348386/MotorStorm-Pacific-Rift/Product.html

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=PX0339&title=motorstorm:_pacific_rift

http://uk.playstation.com/games-media/release-calendar/month2/

Good numbers.. can't wait for ms: pr

Incorrect. It didn't break 2500 units. http://vgchartz.com/eweekly.php?date=39747&console=Wii&maker=&boxartz=1

There has to be some mistake so it isn't tracked or something.

hahahahaha LOL

I thought the game came out at the same time throughout europe ^^

Thats all SONY needs libellule....this xmas at a draw.

next xmas PS3 price cut,...and sales going up A LOT....as then M$ won't have the price cut card.

^^
Ahh but that is next year. It may sound like a small time but if for the next year the 360 does a draw and a price-cut happens right at the end of '09 it'll be too late to take down the 5.5 million IMO.