If you Think PS3 Is Losing Steam, Wait Until The Christmas Rush

Slim sexy and not so costly is the best way to describe the PS3 these days. Just like a hot blonde in demand with every guy looking her way, Sony's flagship console is turning heads and flying off store shelves across continents with talks of a shortage hitting amidst the holiday rush. NPD numbers revealed that Xbox 360 sold more units that PS3 for the month of November, and now Journalists are running wild talking loosely saying 'PS3 has already lost its steam'. Well that's nonsense, there are a lot of reasons why the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 last month, but PS3 loosing steam is definitely not one of them. In fact the tables might just turn come Christmas; and their are many reasons to believe it will happen. Let's take a look at the possibilities.

The Banned - Just before Modern Warfare 2 came out, Microsoft went on a banning campaign that left over a million players play-less. But not for too long. Imagine the game you've been waiting on all year was finally being released and suddenly, you console got banned. What would you do? If you had the cash, you'd go out and pick up another ASAP right? That's exactly what many modded 360 owners did after their console was locked out of XBL. Might not have been the biggest factor, and yet it might have, but there's no doubt that those sales led to Microsoft selling more than usual Xbox 360s.

Modern Warfare 2/Xbox 360 bundle -

This exclusive deal included a custom Modern Warfare Xbox 360, 250 HDD, and the game all for the reasonable price of $400. That's a great deal in my shop. It's no wonder that of the over six million copies of Modern Warfare 2 that were sold, over 4 million of them was on the Xbox 360. Now those are astounding numbers. Again, this may not be the leading factor, and yet it might be, but definitely a contributing aspect to the escalated Xbox 360 hardware sales numbers.

Walmart's pre-Black Friday Deal: $99 Xbox 360 Arcade -

This one is self-explanatory. If I'm getting a console for less than $100, then there's no way I'd pass it up. Obviously tens of thousands of consumers felt the same way. Undeniably a contributing factor to the great sales numbers that bossman Aaron Greenberg described as the best November in sales of Xbox 360 ever.

the fact that ps3(america) sold more than 360(worldwide) in black friday explains the situation
ps3 is selling more than 360 worldwide and around the same amount in america with 360 but still the power it gets from 100k difference in Others and 100:1(sometimes) difference in japan makes it a clear winner over 360 in September,October,November,December 2009 WW

We'll see about that

expect xbox 360 to outsell it by 200K in December

ofcourse on FF13 week in Japan the gap will be over 180K so no biggie in worldwide terms for PS3

the PS3 will soon have taken the others region and US will be the only Xbox 360 region from then on (not counting Wii obviously)

the PS3 is doing amazing for a product wich faced huge bad journalism at its launch and has sold amazingly for its price tag

How can anyone possible think the ps3 is loosing steam?? Thats just fanboy talk!

in FF13 week ps3 sales will skyrocket to 1 mill (350k NA,480k EU,180k JP)WW

Did Xbox 360 outsell Ps3 according to Vgchartz numbers?
Also, I wonder when these journalist start to look worldwide and not america only.

Well to be honest the only territory that really matters is the US and perhaps the other english speaking countries - UK, canada, and AU.  The rest of the world is too fragmented.  Northern Europe and mainland asia are PC-centric, and Japan is handheld land.

microsoft said some of their numbers were wrong especially towards the modern warfare 2 numbers soo maybe NPD WAS WRONG!!! lol

excuses excuses excuses

The PS3 did great, the 360 did better, in their own turf. Seriously I though it was clear:

360 will win NA, UK
PS3 : JAPAN, OTHERS
WII: The World
DS= GOD
PSP= Whatever