I hear you, but just look at the big sellers on the VGChartz for the PS2 and the Xbox. Notice a trend? Yeah ... guess what game series for the PS2 was tops ... GTA. Yeah ... and now, it's coming on both systems, with M$ buying 2 extra episodes. The only game listed that was in the PS2's top 5 is ... Gran Turismo ... and the rest of the games, while they *may* move a few systems, history is a great teacher and Halo series has moved close to 15 million games total.
Time will tell - but based on ... a price cut, 2 SKUs deleted and a lack of sick games right now ... there absolutely no compelling reason to pay over $499 for a PS3. And I like a choice. I don't like folks shoving things down my throat. I could care less about a card reader - a Blu-Ray player and the like. I want to play cool games right now ... not in a few months. You can spend $299 for a 360 that still can play games ...
Just look at the facts - the Wii has proven in less than 8 months, they are just inches from taking the lead. SONY has to do three things to win this - they have to compell folks to buy a PS3 and not a Wii or 360 ... they have to permanently cut prices to $399 for the 60gb or 80gb model ... AND ... they have to have great games NOW.
Just because the PS2 won the last-gen wars doesn't mean the PS3 will win this. There are tons of reasons why it's failing. It's in 3rd overall. Yeah, it is selling in other areas ... but overall - it's trailing far, far behind everything else. Don't believe me ... look at the charts on this site ...
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