Although there was a lot of fanboyism in both this and the original artical, and the fact that it may anger some PS3 fans, I have to agree with the premis of this artical. I believe that the 360 will have a larger install base in 4-5 year. (In 4 to 5 years I believe the next gen systems for each of the companys will be comeing out.) Even if the PS3 does stick to a 10 year lifespan, (Something that realisticly only a dominate console can achive) I don't believe the remaining sales at the end of it's life will be able to make up for the lead the 360 has built.
The main problems for Sony are that they spotted Microsoft a 1 year lead and thus a sizable user base. Because they launched later and at amore expensive price, they need to show gamers why the PS3 was suprior to the 360 to warrent the increased price. Unfortunetly, as many people have stated here, cross platform games are becomeing more and more likely on these two platforms. But the games usually look the same on both systems so it is hard to justify the extra cost of the PS3.
Because of the increasing user base for the 360, more and more company's are either developing exclusives for the 360, or multi-system games that use the 360 and port it to the PS3. This does not help PS3 case.
As more and more developers begin to do this, it will lead to few games for the PS3, which will lead to lower sales of the PS3, which will lead to fewer games...
This doesn't mean that the PS3 is a failure, it just means that the PS3 (which is a very strong system) will get stuck in this cycle due to poor choices by Sony.
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