Nah man multi-plat games don't push hardware for one console and not the other. And since Halo 3 ODST which sold like 2 million or something first week didn't push hardware I don't think MW2 will.

They will be eating the cost of every single mw2 that they could have sold on it's own.

It's just advertising. Now, if Sony did the same thing with MW2, then I would say, "sure, you gotta be competitive". But they aren't.

On top of it, they are potentially costing infinity ward sales of the hardened edition.

What you are asking me, is "why is it ok for Sony to bundle ff13".

The answer to that is developer pressure. A lot of 3rd party games have been bundled, and some even had their own ps3. Developers are concerned with the install base on the ps3 and so push bundling because it increases sales of the game. Sony is going to have to eat all the costs of bundling ff13, and rightly so. They screwed up and now they have to pay for it.

Say you walk into a store wanting to buy a ps3, randomly. Here is what they have to offer. a 120GB HD 300$ ps3 with, say, spiderman 3. A 400$ PS3 with 250GB HD and FF13. FF13, already being 80$ is a good value for the console. As a consumer you have a good chance of being sold by the bundled ps3 because of it's increased value. S-E also makes a sale that it might not have made on it's own. Voila.

Possible for one week in USA because of MW2 bundle.

If you're buying MW2, it's probably because you already enjoyed MW1 on your Xbox360/PS3, so.....no

I doubt it.

when the arcade is cut to $149 on Black Friday THIS YEAR

I think Episodes from Liberty City will have more of a push on 360 sales than MW2.

Other than the US, I doubt it.

Only if Microsoft advertises MW2 so it looks like an exclusive and sony is retarted and does not advertise it at all. Sony just might be that foolish.

Didn't GTAIV bump both HD consoles sales for a month upon release, dismissing multiplatform titles moving some consoles is utter nonsense. I still don't think it will push the 360 significantly more than the PS3 but there will be a significant spike for both HD consoles imo.

Uncharted 2 was a system seller in many peoples eyes on this site too, so that would dispell the myth sequels don't shift consoles too. Funny how a lot of peoples opinion shift when they suddenly don't fit an agenda they're pushing round here.