Analyst predictions

Piper Jaffray, US 2006 hardware estimates, made March 2006.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5363270&postcount;=1 , by way of sonycowboy

Here's a estimate by Piper Jaffray for 2006, along with last years numbers:

System Estimate (LY)

1) PS2 4.5M (5.5M)

2) Xbox 0.75M (2.25M)

3) GCN 0.5 (1.87M)

4) 360 5M (0.6M)

5) PS3 0.75M (---)

6) Rev 0.5M (---)

7,8) GBA / DS 5.5M ( 4.2M / 2.6M) (Estimate is a combined total)

9) PSP 4.5M (3.7M)

SFG Research, North American and worldwide hardware estimates through 2010, made January 2007

As the numbers given are cumulative, I'm putting in parentheses what just that year would be.

The cumulative NORTH AMERICAN sales for each platform are as follows:

Xbox 360

2006: 6.0m

2007: 12.7m (6.7m)

2008: 19.5m (6.8m)

2009: 24.9m (5.4m)

2010:  29.4m (4.5m)

PlayStation 3

2006: 0.5m

2007: 7.6m (7.1m)

2008: 13.8m (6.2m)

2009: 19.5m (5.7m)

2010:  24.2m (4.7m)

Nintendo Wii

2006: 2.0m

2007: 5.3m (3.3m)

2008: 8.6m (3.3m)

2009: 11.4m (2.8m)

2010:  13.5m (2.1m)

The cumulative WORLDWIDE sales for each platform are as follows:

Sony PlayStation 3

2006: 1.0m

2007: 19.5m (18.5m)

2008: 35.5m (16.0m)

2009: 50m (14.5m)

2010: 62m (12m)

Xbox 360

2006: 10m

2007:  20.5m (10.5m)

2008: 30.5m (10.0m)

2009: 39m (8.5m)

2010: 46m (7.0m)

Nintendo Wii

2006: 4.0M

2007: 10.5m (6.5m)

2008: 16.5m (6.0m)

2009:  21.5m (5.0m)

2010: 25.0m (3.5m)