Why do PS3s sell?

[elprincipe]

jman8 said: umm, am i just weird, or do other people here know a lot of people who bought a 360 primarily for HALO 3, and secondarily for a couple of the games out now? I can think of a ton of those people. Why is this same sort of reasoning not realistic for the PS3?

I think that nobody is denying this scenario. But think of what you just said: they are buying it partly for a couple of games now. If all they were interested in was Halo 3 and didn't care about any current games, would they be ponying up $400 right now instead of waiting until Halo 3 comes out? I doubt it. Same with PS3. I'm sure there are plenty of people who have the money, really want to play MGS4/FFXIII/etc., and what the hey, right now they can play that other game, Resistance/Motorstorm/VF5/whatever that they also want. But if they care only about MGS4/other game that won't come out for a long time, why spend $600 RIGHT NOW for a glorified blu-ray player?