I'd like to throw a little theory out in the open. Are the people that are buying new PS3's the kind of people that are interested in the online service? I'd like to give a few examples. Most of the people who enjoy onlining gaming could be considered to be a part of the higher end of the market, those people would have most likely have already purchased the PS3 earlier in it's life time and straight after the Slim launch. I'd be willing to argue that the people that are buying the most Playstations and Xboxes today, are people that fall on to the more casual side of the market. My cousin just bought a PS3 recently for FIFA, my other cousin bought one for Gran Turismo earlier this year and my uncle is planning to buy one with a Band Hero set and a few fighting games. I'd consider them all to be on the more casual side of the fence, who have finally seen good enough deals on the console and they'd have no interest in using PSN, something similar could be said for people buying the 360 with Kinect.
This PSN situation was likely to never have a huge effect on hardware sales, the only thing it could directly harm is the current owners of the console and their future purchases on PSN.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
