"while the 360 has consistently delivered."

Yeah the 360 has delivered on one game this year. All the rest were flops.

@Paul

Thats true, actually sony would be selling much much better at the current time if they actually advertised there heavy hitters, Resistance could have become the playstation's halo milk cow, but they didnt use what they could have done, they didnt advertise.

A lot of people seem to ignore the obvious, if you hang around on audio/video sites you'd know that a LOT of people buy the PS3 just for the Blu-ray capabilites. It may not be the cheapest Blu-ray player anymore but it's still one of the best and it plays games as a bonus.

For a non-gamer a/v enthusiast you think "well, the PS3 is still one of the cheapest players, seems to have the least amount of problems with discs, it's easily upgradable to different profiles and maybe I'll even get a game or two for it". So the PS3 might be selling hardware units (and I don't think it's a coincidence that the PS3 sales spike earlier this year came after HD-DVD died) but not everyone who buys one is buying it to play games. That's why, in my opinion, PS3 has lower software numbers than the Xbox 360 despite having a lot of units sold.

I'm a perfect example, I bought my PS3 last March and I only own 2 games for it, all my gaming is on the 360. My PS3 is pretty much just used for Blu-ray.

Yeah that... I got mine in April and I only own 1 game.  The rest of the time I play Blu-ray movies.  So I too fall into this catagory.

I have a Falcon and I doubt it will ever happen.

"I have a Falcon and I doubt it will ever happen."

Well, then, let's see how many you play after Microsoft gives up game development for the 360 some time in early 2009 to concentrate their efforts towards the new console they have coming out next November much as they did during the switch from the original 'box to the 360.

Has the PS3 even got a game thats sold a million copies in Japan alone?  To say FFXIII will push a million consoles for the PS3 in Japan is very funny.   IMHO it will never happen and it will be lucky to sell 1million copies its first year (in Japan).  I would imagine it will push sales for the console like MGS4 did.  Which was quite a lot, but certainly not a million.

As to the fact that it will be on several dvd's instead of 1 blu-ray, it won't matter if you put the game on your harddrive.

This is the make or break season for PS3 (IMO).  Good luck PS3 you certainly need it.

I think the 2 biggest reasons are:

1. Achievements - don't neglect the fact that achievements are highly addictive to the gaming crowd. If someone has both consoles, and a game comes out where all things are considered equal, which do you think the gamer would select? The one WITH achievements or without?
2. 360 users did NOT buy a 360 for a cheap Blu Ray player. So everyone who bought a 360 bought it strictly for games.

How long has that been said? And hasn't the PS3 had numerous price cuts already? I mean, it was a $600 console at release. It's sure not anymore...