I know I have had this conversation time and time again with PS3 fans, but surveys (either famitsu's most wanted or consumer surveys) do not reflect the buying habits of people in general. Wanting a HDTV (or any reported item) and wanting an XBox 360 are not mutually exclusive categories, and at the same time wanting an item and receiving an item are two very different things.

At the same time a phone survey certainly does not reflect the desires of a household in general; it is likely that the parents in a family are far more likely to respond to the survey and, while their children may really want (and be likely to receive) a XBox 360 or Wii, the parents may be far more likely to respond with what they want (an HDTV) regardless of whether they have any intention of buying it.

Basically, the fact that they all placed on the list is a good indicator of reasonable sales but unless one of them rated dramatically higher than the others the rankings are meaningless.

Nice to see Sony fanboys already using NPD's withdrawing their figures as a way for them to claim the PS3 is going to be doing better then what VGchartz has it at... despite the fact that Vgchartz usually overtracks the PS3 compared to NPD anyway.

@ Kasz216

Not for my region. And no, I'll give VGChartz the benefit of the doubt. When are people like you to stop generalizing? I am MikeB, a proud PS3 owner, I don't speak for other PS3 owners or people who are supportive towards Sony, I'm an individual.

MikeB you're totally random. You were talking about NPD, then when proven wrong you switched to ranting about Europe. Europe is not covered by NPD, I hope you know that.

@ NJ5

Proven wrong? Care to enlighten me what you are talking about?

No, I don't. You already have all the information you need.

MikeB you are going to have to wait for quarterly reports, NPD leaks, and/or Nintendo /MS to release official NPD numbers. Part of the reason NPD claims they are pulling their numbers back is because their customers were concerned that poor showings on the NPD sales report were having an adverse effect on their sales. In others worlds, I wouldn't count on Sony releasing any NPD numbers anytime soon. Well let me rephrase that, I wouldn't count on Sony releasing any PS3 sales numbers from NPD reports anytime soon.

I wonder if Microsoft or Nintendo could release the NPD numbers for all platforms though. Remember the "Helmet is mightier than the sword" joke in Microsoft's press release about Halo 3 sales? They compared sales numbers for Heavenly Sword with the Halo 3 edition with the helmet. Oh, here it is:

The $130 “Halo 3: Legendary Edition” alone sold twice as many units as the top title for PS3 “Heavenly Sword” (SCE); the helmet is mightier than the sword.

I see no reason why they wouldn't be able to directly or indirectly give out the PS3 hardware numbers in a press release.

Man, I love reading all this drama. Let the PS3 fanboys spin this however they want ... and I will keep striking through all the PS3 predictions. The facts are out and public ... and the PS3's savior - the 40gb - is going the same route as the last deleted skus.

Will this sale? Yes - because folks don't know any better. What I find funniest are statements off another Web site ...

http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9718913&postcount=3

I thought all PS3's were compatible with PS2 games? Besides couldn't you just download them?

To the sane folks in here - let B$3 fanboys think their system is a success. Shucks, they paid enough to believe it ... let them have their day, even if the business world - and several gamers - are proving otherwise ...

I'd gladly take that bet.  The PS3 will be lucky to have a single week from now until January 1 where it outsells the Xbox 360 world wide.