nintendo made the most profit last generation, but also made the least sales.. How does that work? I dont know..

The week of Oct 3rd the PS3 beat 360 worldwide by 83,727. Clearly the PS3 slim and price cut hype isn't what it was in September. It's dying down. At a rate of 83,727 per week, it would take the PS3 89 weeks to overtake the 360. So basically Mid 2011. Assuming that the PS3 can continue their strong performance in Europe/Others and Japan while MS and Nintendo just sits by idly and allows it to happen. We'll have to see if they can keep it up. You'd have to assume that Sony would pick up the pace even more to claim 2nd by the end of 2010. Another PS3 slim price cut won't happen for awhile and at this point further exclusive software isn't going to make a big impact on hardware sales. Except maybe FFXIII and Dragon Quest X (since the Japanese love those series). We're so far into the generation that I'd be surprised if you think what's available now isn't enough to entice you. At this stage, each big name title will cause a small spike but that's about it.

its likely it wont be 85K every week.. Also microsoft clearly IS NOT standing by letting themselves get outsold, look at the 250gb MWF2 bundle, the 250GB HALO bundle.. and ofcourse the $299 360 elite WITH 2 GAMES. Im sure if they keep getting outsold we may even say a $179 or 149 arcade on the market.. I think the 360 is selling about as well as the ps3 in the U.S in terms of consumer sales, but I sense that alot of those sales are coming from the USED market.. the 360 is $139 used at gamestop, im sure many consumers are getting that over the 199 arcade..

Why would you buy a PS3 for Gran Turismo NOW? The PS3 is not short on software anymore. Chances are if you're not convinced that you should get a PS3 now or soon, you're waiting for another price drop or you just don't want one period. Or maybe you already own a console (360 or Wii) and just don't have the time and money for another game collection. The time issue being a concern for gamers who play games more casually (and when I say "casual player", I don't mean the Wii grannies. I mean the guys who play Madden, NBA2K, CoD4, GTA4, etc. on a casual basis.  They just want something that has EA/2K Sports, GTA and shooters and PS360 delivers those. They don't care about missing exclusives that much) and the money issue is a concern during these tough economic times. It's too late for people to buy a console for just one game. We're past that stage now. New software doesn't drive crap anymore. How could the current software library not convince you yet?

I don't know why people keep quoting weekly averages when considering when console X might outsell console Y, etc.

Games consoles have big seasonal swings, depending upon region, and of course in US / Europe will sell far more over Christmas than other times.

If one console strongly outsells another (as 360 did vs PS3 in US last holidays) it sees a massive boost worth many weeks of 'average' sales.

I'm not saying PS3 will catch the 360, I'm just saying taking a weekly average from a level period of the year isn't the way to consider it.

360 might put more distance between PS3 this holidays, they might be roughly even, or the PS3 might close the gap if it dramatically outsells the 360.

Another factor is games.  Certain titles can drive big spikes, again worth many weeks of normal sales.  Consider when FFXIII hits in Japan, the PS3 could easily eat up weeks and weeks of gap in one week due to that if it shifts HW to a dramatic extent.

People looking at the gap need to watch for when the big titles hit and particularly major holiday periods - those will decide places far more than average sales.

What he said!

In fact, since the launch of the PS3, the PS3 always beat the x360.

Look at the hardware from launch at VGC, +3.5 M ahead for the ps3.

And i'm not taking into account that the real worldwide launch is 4 months later.

A great fight, but now that the only trick from microsoft disappears (money), the war is over.

Congrats to them, a vaillant fighter is dead in action.

Sony and nintendo have to pay for the burial

LOL...pure comedy.

A lot of people are banking on "last throw of the dice".... oops slim sales coming from Gran turismos lanch, like many others believe surely it's already far too late in to this gen to expect ONE GAME to turn around a consoles fortunes.

If theres sony fans out there who still have not bought a slim or fat because GT 5 is not here yet then surely by now they must be bored out of their minds with all the waiting they have been doing.

Who would pay $300 to play a racing game? If thats the case buy Forza 3, its the better game.