S.T.A.G.E. said:
What misconception? What are the majority of the people who own PS3's doing with one if they aren't using one for gaming. I know i'm using mine for gaming solely. My friends dad who refused to buy him a PS3 finally broke the other day because my friend duped him into buying a PS3 because his dad needs a Blu Ray player. Funny enough, his dad will never let it out of his house, because thats his dvd player.
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As many have patiently pointed out (including me) the PS3 does not have as many owners focused so exclusively on a relatively small number of genres. As a result the 360 sells certain games exceptionally well (Gears, Halo 3, COD4) while only matching the PS3 on others and sometimes seeing a smaller attach rate for install base.
The PS3 sells a broad spectrum of titles well but isn't dominant in any one really (with perhaps the exception of GT and FF although that's to be proven). Also, many owners (and those who haven't bought yet) are still waiting for their favourites to hit, like God of War, or a new Jak game, etc. MS has done an excellent job of building out the 360 on the base of the Xbox as the console for formerly PC centric games (its no accident Halo was originally heading for PC before MS bought Bungie and altered its development trajectory as well as fostering titles such as Splinter Cell, etc).
To assume a majority of PS3 owners want it only for BR or DVD is unwarranted, and unless you can provide anything other than anecdotal evidence (i.e. your mates dad) then I doubt I nor others are going to take your point seriously.
For example, I'm on my third PS3 (2 downed with the yellow light of unkown failure) and my friend is on his first 360, yet despite our anecdotal example the PS3 remains the console with the better track record for reliability - I'm just in the minority who are unlucky with their PS3's while my friend is in the majority of 360 owners with no problems.
The 360 will likely always outsell PS3 titles in certain genres, but as others have argued it hasn't proven yet it can sell a broad set of genres equally well (although it is improving on that score).
Look at the PS2 - it's success was never down to having a small number of massive sellers (such as Halo, Gears, etc) but instead by being the default console of choice across the broadest set of genres with good sales of games in each (a success the PS3 has failed to emulate so far).
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
