PS3 finally passes 360 in Japan...after 2 months...wow...I would have NEVER dreamed of this 5 months ago...seems like world is spun on it's head.

 guess you werent around when everyone said ps3 would NEVER outsell the 360... then it was 360 shortages and when they get back in stock the Ps3 would NEVER top it again,,,,

Whoever said the PS3 would never outsell the 360 in Japan? What kind of alternate reality are you living in???

 but many other people (Leo-J, CrazzyMan,...) predicted insane sales.

i dont really see anything wrong with sales of LBP, i think the fact its a new IP is what has kept it down. i dont see why people say its a western focused game, looks pretty universal to me.

harvest moon doesnt seem to have done too well. its to get over 22k first week to beat its predecessor. then again that title did have pretty good legs

Come on, they're not so many! Nevertheless, lots of other people, despite not being Sony fanboys, wish Sony well and more or less consciously make predictions a little bit on the optimistic side because they fear monopolistic behaviours by MS if it manages to defeat Sony and possibly, using its huge cash to start a price cuts and exclusive third party shopping war Nintendo cannot afford to fight (*), become number one and rule the console market.

(*) the sloppy USPTO patent verification procedure that lets so many silly patents be granted could also give MS, if needed, weapons for a patent war, maybe not deadly or dangerous for Nintendo, but enough to disturb it and subtract, at least temporarily, funds.

Is it a kind of joke?

No. Nintendo must earn money, having only the videogaming business, so it wouldn't throw shovelfuls of money to buy 3rd party exclusives to beat MS' offers, in case Sony retired from the market leaving to MS only to play whatever cards it wants to beat Nintendo. Having strong 1st party, Nintendo wouldn't go bust, but wouldn't be able to beat MS offers without risking an eccessive part of its profits, so MS could gobble the market share left vacant by Sony and get market leadership easily, not beating Nintendo on quality, but simply through the brute force of money (*). Right now, instead, Nintendo is quite safe, as MS must first secure its 2nd place against Sony before even thinking about trying to climb up to 1st place.

(*) I know Nintendo value skyrocketed thanks to Wii and DS, but it cannot even dream of having as much cash as MS, even Sony, that's valued more than MS, can't beat it on cash.

You still in 2005 buddy? Nintendo as a company is worth more than Sony (not just PlayStation, Sony as a whole) nowadays.

Microsoft may have the cash to gobble up all third parties but doing so would cost too much money and can only hurt Microsoft. Nintendo also has enough cash to buy most third parties but won't for the same reason. In fact, Nintendo could probably buy Sony at the moment, which is bizarre...

LBP won't have legs. It will drop off the charts after 3 weeks. Maybe bundles could keep it alive after that, but it won't sell on its own.