Compare the PS3 to the PS2 and PS1 all you want but their situation is dire here. Sony is hemoraging money like there is no tommorrow, when the PS1 launched they had many powerful other divisions to absorb the impact of what in all reality they knew would be a rough start, but the PS3 was something they had not prepaired for being a relative flop. Now with all of their divisions either suffering or doing so-so with numbers of recalls and costly lawsuits to add insult to injury, they're really not that adept at making this work right now.
Fishy Joe put it best, why not just sell it at $199, garantee it being a second PS2 and whipe the floor with everyone else eventually recapping their lost funds down the road. Because, they can't, truth be told they're using the European/Other market as an anchor trying to sell the PS3 at full cost there ($1000) to try and offset the initial horrible loss of selling it at $600-500 in the states and $400 in Japan from driving the entire project bankrupt.
Again, Sony fans are entitled to their optimism, but they can't expect people not with a reason to root for Sony to actually beleive them. Lair was suppossed to be the Ps3's driving force for a while and instead it was another nail in the coffin. If the PlayStation brand name was really that powerful the PS3 would already be winning and not envoking supporters' excuses for it.
Also, why do MS and Nintendo have to make desperate cut throat moves to end the PS3 while its vulnerable when Sony is doing the work for them?
Sign the Resident_Evil_5_Petition for a Wii release or Dark_Samus is going to come get you.
