According to Activision's CEO, Mike Griffith, he expects the PS3 to out growth the 360 this year. While the 360 is expected to grow by 6-7 Million units by the end of the year, Sony's PS3 is expected to hit 8 Million. But as usual the Nintendo Wii console is expected to kill both by double sales to 15 million units. He also notes that the Handhelds will grow to 24 million units, though while he didn't really break it down PSP vs DS, we can pretty much assume DS is winning on that front.
While this doesn't mean much overall, it does show that Sony's George Foreman Grill...I mean PS3 is making its presence known and coming along strongly this year. And this means that PS3 is going to have a very good Christmas this year. :-)

While Nintendo continues to lead the pack, if you ask Activision Blizzard Sony's PS3 will see more growth than the Xbox 360 in the Western hemisphere during 2008. In the conference call following the publisher's third-quarter earnings, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith provided the company's expectations for console hardware growth in North America and Europe combined.

Griffith said that while the Xbox 360 is expected to grow by an additional six to seven million units for this calendar year, Sony's PS3 should grow by eight million units. Neither the PS3 nor the 360 can stack up against the Wii, however, which continues to sell at a torrid pace. Griffith expects the Wii to grow by another 15 million units this year.

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