DMC 4 is only 4 months away. How is the ps3 going to catch up significantly? The gap is 7.4 million worldwide and it's going to grow by the time christmas is over. 360 is up by 2 million in PAL, PS3 is going to pass that by February? You should closely examine the numbers if you haven't already before you post these things.

You say the 360 will be 16 mill and the PS3 at 9, how is that ANY different than now? That's still a 7 mill gap right? Where would the significant catching up come in? A quick look at the Japan sales for DMC 3 shows it did 350k and DMC 2 did 550k. DMC 4 on ps3 will most likely do around 350-400k lifetime and the 360 version will do 80-100k lifetime, I'm not sure if you've even thought of looking up facts to base your predictions on like me.

I'm going to make a few easy predictions that should come true, but we'll see who ends up being right in a half year (I'll try to remember this thread).

1. PAL 360 version will sell more as it has a 2 million larger install base.

2. US 360 version will outsell it by far more than the Japanese PS3 version outsells 360 there.

3. Just like the last 2 DMC's the Japanese sales of it on PS3 will finish at about 350-400k which won't be much more than the 360's 80-100k.

This is based off facts and mostly common sense. Most of your assumptions border on the completely ridiculous.

@erikers

The ps3 is catching the 360 in PAL, and will continue to do so. That larger install base should shrink to less than 500k by the time DMC4 comes out.

It's Consumber Behavior at work.

For example.  When Mcdonalds first moved to Russia they went all out and build one of the biggest Mcdonalds they could, with 12 registers so that everyone could get Mcdonalds quick.

No one came.  They were shocked.. their food tested well, and it sells everywhere.  They hired a consumer psychologist to see why Mcdonalds hamburgers in Russia wern't selling well.

What they found out was shocking, well to Americans.  As it turns out... almost nobody went to the Mcdonalds because the lines were always small... and if anything were really good their would be lines for it.

This mentality was built up, because back when Russia was the USSR you had lines for everything, many times you couldn't tell how good or important what you were in line for was unless you checked the size of the line.

So, the Mcdonalds people closed down 10 of the 12 registers... and suddenly buisness started booming.

As for Japan though... it might just be that they want to see how it plays with the PS3 controller?  Really I just wanted an excuse to tell that story.  I love that story.

Alright so the PS3 is going to close 1.6 million to get within 500k of 360 in 4 months. That means the PS3 will outsell it monthly by 400k. Dude what are you on? On what planet is it going to sell 400k a month MORE for the next 4 months? Have you even looked at current sales?  

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Hm... Im inclined to think that the 360 might not do well in Japan now.

I'm afraid that anyone who stands in a queue for more than 5 minutes waiting to bu a game on any system is a very sad, lonely individual indeed.

*see also subsection 'Harry Potter books'

It also applies to America, just think about amusement park rides instead of food. 

I can't blame them. I wouldn't want to play a devil may cry game on anything other than a sony controller. the x360 one is fine but not for a game like devil may cry.

 How so? The controllers are more or less the same in terms of their buttons - four face buttons, two analog sticks, a D-pad, start, and four triggers. I'd even go so far as to say that the 360 controller is more ergonomically designed, especially in terms of its analog stick placement.