Oh, Lawdy, Lawdy! I nearly sprayed my drink out, when I read the OP. Give me a moment to collect myself.
People defending it, make it that much sweeter. You'd swear it would have to be a joke thread, if it wasn't so sad and pathetic. No matter how repulsive SFB's can be, you've got love how entertaining they can be. Watching them defend Sony, is like watching Lemmings in motion.
It's not really worth debating, but let's try to put the situation into perspective. Right now, Sony's is in distant 3rd and their market share is rapidly shrinking. At this point, it's going to take a lot to turn that around and even get 2nd. The longer it takes to make any significant changes, the harder it's going to be, to build up, any real momentum. With all the $ they spent in R&D , the $ they've lost since launch and the $ they're going to lose, before a consistent gain happens, they don't really have a lot of options open to them and they still have to spend $, designing their next home and handheld consoles. People act like, just being 1st would be some big success, but anything below 50%, is a big step down from where Sony once was. Even if, the Wii started selling like the PS3 and the PS3 started selling like the Wii (and that's a real big if), it would still take Sony 2 years to catch up. Then, there's what MS has already sold and what they will sell. It would be all, but impossible for Sony to have anywhere near the market share they had the previous gens and even if they did, it would be at the very end of this gen. Seeing as how, all 3 companies are businesses, don't you think it's more important how much they actually make, as opposed to how much market share, they have? In which case, Nintendo has already won. Actually, Nintendo's almost guaranteed to get more market share, than what the GC had. So either way, a win-win for Nintendo and a lose-lose situation for Sony.
If Sony has a 10 year plan, they only have 8 years left, not 10. Not that it matters, because consumers dictate how long a product can last, not the company selling it. I don't know how anyone could expect them to do better in the last 8 years, than they did in the 1st 2, though. Usually the leading console in a gen, starts outpacing it's competition even more at the end of the cycle, while consoles with lower market share are usually front loaded. To top it off, if Sony, MS, and Ninty don't release new consoles, somebody else will step in and gladly take over. There are plenty of corporations interested, with the resources to do it.
@Seeuk: Nice spin. What happened to the PS3 out selling the PS2 and becoming the most profitable system of all time? You seemed so certain of Sony's victory, not too long ago. Don't you believe in Kaz's speeches, anymore?
@Gearbox: Keep up the good work, with all the winning threads. The best part about people predicting the Wii to only sell 75 mil lifetime, is they only have wait about a year, to be proven completely wrong.
