If that Modern Warfare 2 release date is accurate for Japan, then that's another console booster as the COW series is one of the best selling Western games in Japan.

PS3 > Wii sales wise for 2009

And I am sticking with my prediction that NSMB Wii will not be a system mover, sure it will sell lots of copies, but wont push hardware.

No, it will not stay, it wont even be that close in the end, but The PS3 will put up a big fight.

I think c0rd's post sums it up.

Let's just see how the dust settles in January.

It was $80.

Was it 80? damn i knew i should have gotten it for 65$ when i could.

I believe I saw it for $79.95 on the net. I could be wrong though.

'After that though it's pretty barren until FFXIII, while Wii has a ton of surefire sellers in between (Taiko Wii 2, Tales of Graces, Sengoku Musou 3, NSMB Wii, PokePark, Mario & Sonic 2, Crystal Bearers).'.

Surefire sellers eh?

FFXIII alone could guarantee this, but Nintendo is making a big push with NSMBWii, Tales of Graces, Samurai Warriors 3, and TCB. That's going to produce some strong, consistent results through the end of the year, while PS3 will see some lesser boosts from games between now and then, they won't see their zomg boost until FFXIII

It just depends on exactly how much FFXIII really does.

Taiko Wii -- dunno what that is so I won't comment

Tales Of Graces -- TOS : DOTNW is on wii, so a certain amount of the tales fanbase has made the jump, but yeah it will provide a hardware boost, hwoever small it may be.

Sengoku Musou 3 -- yes

NSMB Wii -- yes....but no-one knows how many mario fans have a wii already

M&S 2 -- nope

The Crystal BEarers -- Minimal

I see ps3 at 40k this upcoming week, versus 20-25k wii, then 45k ps3, vs 18-24k wii

then it's any one's game