Based on Sony's figures:

PS2 Forecast: 10 million
PS2 Q1: 2.7 million
PS2 Q2-Q4 Forecast: 7.3 million

PSP Forecast: 9 million
PSP Q1: 2.14 million
PSP Q2-Q4 Forecast: 6.86 million

PS3 Forecast: 11 million
PS3 Q1: .71 million
PS3 Q2-Q4 Forecast: 10.29 million

Software Forecast: 250 million
Software Q1: 45.7 million
Software Q2-Q4 Forecast: 204.3 million

So the PS3 is going to sell 50% more than the PSP?

EDIT - corrected PS2 shipping increase after FishyJoe corrected one of the numbers above.

PS: And for everyone who was saying that Sony was already making a profit on the PS3, Sony says:

"This deterioration was primarily due to the loss arising from the strategic pricing of PS3 at points lower than its production cost ..."

Either their estimates are way off or they are giving up on the PSP.

I found it highly revealing that worldwide hardware shipments for Q1 were only 0.7 million for PS3. Does anyone else remember how there was a mini-version of channel stuffing to hit the 6 million goal by the end of March? Looks like that was reflected here.

How are they going to sell 11 million this fiscal year after a quarter of only 0.7 million? You can't even hit those numbers counting shipped as sold...

PS2 Q1 is 2.7 . not 1.7

You're right, I fixed it. Thanks.

BTW

did you noticed the remark under the table?

"Begining with Q1 FY2007, the method of reporting hardware and software unit sales has been changed from production shipments to recorded sales"

what does it mean "recorded sales"

so the 0.7 million PS3 are sold or shiped?

Hey, don't shoot the messenger. I'm just looking at their estimate. 6.86 million PSPs projected for Q2-Q4. Those aren't stellar numbers. Contrast that to Nintendo's forecast of 19 million for Q2-Q4 for the DS.

yuda - It means they're reporting their numbers as sold to retailers instead of shipped from the factories. It's just a fancy way of avoiding having to mention the 2-3 million PS3's they have sitting around that they made but that the retailers won't buy yet.