yeah exactly

thats a BIG point

"most people who would want to have a ps3 would have it"

ergh NOOOO

ioi himself said next week the sales will be even greater, so that makes that point you just said completely redundant

@Mrstickball

Just noticed your achievements score on the XBox. That is godly.

Not gonna lie, I expected a bigger spike. Then again, lets wait for this weeks sales.

Cool. Next week should be even bigger with the official ps3 slim september 1st launch. Shame all territories didn't release at the same time so we could see some truly dominating numbers.

I wonder if it will stay 70,000 or higher each week in US for the remainder of the year.

i REALLY like the ps3 slim, you just have to see it before you and you'll see what i mean. Also, the look is not something that will affect consumers choice, i mean, the 360 it's just a plain flay white box, still it's the best selling HD console.

Some of you people are delusional. Neither the PS3 nor the 360 will stay above the Wii for long.

Congrats PS3.

Yes, I think so.

Since the Wii caters to the lowest common denominator (in terms of the demographic of people wanting to buy), it stands to benefit strongly from a price drop, even if it's $50.

I'm not saying it'd have a 100% increase, but I think it'd allow it to get close to where it was last year, and improve it's standing. As it is now, should Nintendo keep the price, it will have further decreases next year, as people look to the X360 and PS3 as better offerings due to price/performance.

That is just a huge YoY drop for Wii. But I guess you can't say it is too surprising. But we are about to start seeing 360 be in the same range haha. Misery does love company.

Not bad increases for the PS3 and 360. I don't expect the 360's one to last too long. Just not enough to really warrant too many more purchases. Luckily though it has ODST at the later end of the month. As for PS3 definitely good and should be bigger next week as it will contain the official release date. We'll see how it stays as it could be difficult considering no big exclusive till Uncharted 2.

Of course I still must say in the wake of all this, Wii still isn't being affected too much. It's down YoY mainly due to its own account not really anything the competition did. And even when this happens it is still able to hold its ground fairly well. Of course that doesn't mean things are great by any standards, but it has refused to take a worst case scenario like it's competition has taken numerous times before it. But still going to be a decisive couple of months for Wii as it still needs to have some action to counteract these movements by its competition.

Will the red font make ps3 sell even more?