End of 07; 6.5-7.5 million

I'am not sure why you would seriously ask that on here, you will pretty much get the worst possible answer from majority of people on here regarding the PS3.

3/4 million ww by Jan 1 = .5/1 million in Japan, 1.5 Europe and similar for North America. If Uncharted pulls a Gears and White Night comes in 07, 5 million possible world wide by Jan1

Slow Jan, huge Feb with either Killzone2 or MGS4 then huge gains on releases like GTA4 GT5 FF13 and other possible huge hit games like LBP.

Has there ever been a console that sold over 60% of its yearly sales in Q4?

The PS3 has average sales in the 350,000 range worldwide in most MONTHS and you expect its sales to increase by 5 or 6 times for the holiday season?

You certainly are the optimistic one ...

Unless something happens to drastically impact the balance between both consoles, I expect that they will sell at a similar rate with the PS3 dominating in Japan, the XBox 360 dominating in North America, and their sales splitting throughout the rest of the regions.

I actually see that the console was $600 early in the year and for the holidays it will be available for $400, you know small things like that. 

 So you are saying that the PS3 will sell less then 1.5 million units worldwide until January 1st?  So so so so wrong there.  I don't see the sales numbers being any less then 3 million from now until the end of the year. 

 This will be an even bigger xmas for gaming as there will be many more that are prepared and ready to jump from last generation into this generation.   Console sales overall will be at least 80% larger then last years holiday season numbers.   Many do not buy the first year that all the consoles are out, but in the following years that will continue to grow.

Are you using your self as an example? you do seem pretty dead set on anything Sony is evil will fail.

Time will prove some one right, just 2 months to go.

 I'm not uninformed, I'm a pretty techie dude that works as a Senior Lead Developer in a large corporation, read all about consoles and games, have lots of friends working on the game industry and I would pick a PS3 over an 360.

My reasons:

1) Games:

Even if the 360 has more games out right now, most games I want to play are either in both PS3/360 or they are on the 360/PC. Also, lots of great PS3 and more coming within the next 6 months. Since I have a pretty good PC where I can play BioShock and Gears of War (soon) I can't even think of another 360 game I would like to play.

2) Hardware:

I like Nvidia but hate ATI.

360 makes noise, PS3 is pretty much silent. 

I don't like Sony but I hate Microsoft even more.

I really hate the brick power supply of the 360.

I like PS3's black look better than 360's whitish.

I would hate to be playing a system that has a 30% failure rate and go crazy just to think I would have to deal with MS for a replacement/fix.

3) Life time:

PS2 is still a good machine, selling amazingly well with good games coming out. Xbox1 is pretty much dead. It only lasted 4-5 years, not very good when a game takes 2+ years to make.

Likelly PS3 will outlive the 360 by at least 3-4 years so it is a better investement over time.

4) Price:

PS3 is cheaper - considering I get the HD player ($170 for 360) wifi ($100 for 360) included.

360 + HDDVD + Power brick + WiFi = lots of space, clumsy setup 

Now, what are your reasons to get a 360? What "must have" games am I missing? Why am I misinformed?

PS: I don't like Halo, never did and always preferred Unreal, so don't say Halo3.

PS2: I'm getting Unreal 3 on the PC, not the PS3. My PC is better than my PS3, easy ;) 

That coming from you, iam honored. 

 i anticipate you eating your words.