360 Launch Sales in late 2005
	USA – Nov 25	Europe – Dec 2	Japan – Dec 10
November 2005	326000 (NPD)	–	–
December 2005	281000 (NPD)	500000 (Microsoft)	62,000 on launch weekend (Enterbrain)
2005 Total	607000 (NPD)	500000 (Microsoft)	Slightly more than 62,000
			103,990 by April, 2006 (Microsoft)

PS3 Planned Launch Shipments for late 2006
	USA – Nov 17	Europe – March 2007	Japan – Nov 11
Launch Day in November	400000	–	100000
December 2006	?	–	?
2006 Estimated Total	1600000	–	400000

A few caveats:

• I assume the PS3 allocation ratio for 2006 would remain the same as the launch ratio which may not be true.
• It’s suspect if Sony will meet their estimates for end of 2006 given that they’ve just dropped their launch estimates so much. It’s possible but it’s not a sure thing.
• I couldn’t find reliable third party estimates for 360 launch sales in Europe. I quoted Microsoft’s own numbers which isn’t the most impartial measure.

This is really disappointing news. And did they have to blame it on Blu-Ray again? There was already enough anger and resentment towards Blu-Ray.