PS3 has lowest console attach rate

[Comrade Tovya]

Honestly, the attach rate has little to do with the game that are being released on the PS3.

The attach rate issue has to do with one thing (and this is the joint opinion of my clan, and we all have both systems, and most of us all 3).

The PSN, while free, is not very good.

XBOX Live is much more social than the PSN and is much more user friendly.  The reason this is important is because 9 times out of 10, I buy the same game as my clan, and we all find it easier to communicate on LIVE.

Now as for me personally, I prefer the PS3 on any game that requires fast movement (such as the COD series) because I think the analog sticks on the Sixaxis is much more fluid and that allows me to duck and move much faster.  And I play shooters that require slower more precise movement on my 360.  The 360 analog sticks are stiffer and more accurate, and helps me in games like R6V2.

Part of the attach rate problem is also due to the reason a lot of people originally bought their PS3... as a Blu-ray player.  To be honest with you, that's the only reason I bought it originally, but have since of course realized it's a really awesome gaming machine as well.  But me, like many others, bought the PS3 after the 360, and most of us dual adopters have more friends in our network because we carried those friends over from the original XBOX (via LIVE).

As for the arguement about attach rate, Wii VS PS3, I have no doubt that the PS3 will have a higher attach rate at some point.  I also own a Wii, and outside of Wii Sports, find most of the games to be about as fun and complicated as a Tiger handheld game system.  I think it's a shame that Nintendo has allowed their part of the market to be flooded with simple minded, and frankly, boring games.

A) Sony needs to work on the PSN immediately... make it more 'bright' and social.

B) Take advantage of the superior specs of the PS3... there is no reason that a console that is as technically impressive as the PS3 to make games that look no better than the competition.