Well, duh. By the very definition of the word "grow," every system's base will grow in '09. If even one person buys any given system in '09, that system will have "grown."
Now, if the question is whether or not they stay ahead of Sony - that's an entirely different ball game, and that mostly depends on three things. 1) When/if Sony cuts the price of the PS3. Right now they're getting shelacked, mainly because it's so pricey. 2) If so, how much they cut it by. $50 ain't gonna make much of a difference, but if it's $100 or more... 3) As always, exclusives. At the moment, it appears as though Sony has a slight upper hand for next year (God of War 3, Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, etc., compared to the likes of Halo Wars and Star Ocean) - but of course, that could potentially change (say, for example, Mass Effect 2 comes out as 360 exclusive - which is by no means a certainty - or, say, God of War gets pushed back into 2010). After all, only a small percentage of what's coming out next year has an actual date. And many of those games that do have dates will end up being pushed back, anyway.
I think that unless Sony gives a significant price cut to the PS3 soon, they will lose this generation of the console race (that's not to say they won't make money; after all, Ninty did with the cube, and they ended up in 3rd last gen). This is simply because with each passing month that the 360 is $200/$300 and the PS3 is $400/$500, Sony loses falls further behind. There comes a point where a lead becomes insurmountable. As for the Wii, it's probably there in terms of having first place locked up, or close to it, anyway.
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