@ rafichamp:

Because, unlike Xbox 360 and ps3, Wii is a product of succes. People want a Wii, and in this case 50$ pricecuti is resounding

And NSMB Wii with a red wii bundle.

  doesn't Mario and Sonic release that same week?

I expect Wii to outsell PS3 in the Americas and Others. As to Japan, it looks as though that may not happen, or this is going to be a close race, at least not until new bundles are offerred.
All this is based on looking at various points in time at this week's Amazon sales charts in various countries, admittedly not a very reliable source.

  looking at Amazon for Japan is extremely unreliable, first Wii is split into 2 separate SKU's black and white, so that skews it, also DSi is nowhere in the top 20 in the Japanese amazon site, even though it sells the best week in and week out, far better than the PS3

I don't understand when people say the Wii won't get a boost from it's price drop, using the logic that "people could already afford it at $250".

I am speaking from the point of view of someone who has a full time income, but buying a console is not an issue of affordability for me, it's just a matter of whether i'm willing to buy it at a specific price point. I mean as long as you have some kind of job it's only going to take a few weeks to save the money for any console. I could easily walk out and buy a PS3 tomorrow but I'm not going to because i don't have the time for more games at the moment and because i have other things i would rather spend 500 dollars (I live in Australia) on right at the moment.

Now if the PS3 dropped to $400 or $300 i might change my mind but it's not because i can suddenly afford it whereas i previously couldn't. It's just gotten to the point that in the scheme of things that are competing for my money on a weekly basis, i feel it's worth it.

Not to mention those poor baby seals!!!

i expect wii to outsell the ps3 by a hell of alot from now on. can't see ps3 selling more than the wii now for the rest of the year.

adam84 - FFXIII release week should see PS3 > Wii

But yeah, Wii should be ahead of PS3 next week

What kind of a silly thread is this. Of course Wii will outsell PS3. It has and will continue to do so.

I find it strange that some people get all giddy when PS3 manages to outsell Wii for a few weeks and proclaim it to be the turning point from which on PS3 will triumph over Wii, when it's glaringly obvious why it's sold more for a short time and that it obviously won't last.