JGarret, the PS3 will remain a viable gaming platform, but only in the sense that it continues to share 90% of its gaming library with the 360. Announcements of third-party exclusives for PS3 have pretty much disappeared, outside of a few Japanese-centric titles. PS3 owners will still have tons of games to play, because every "HD" game will continue to be multiplatform. But Sony's going to have to deliver pretty much everything exclusive themselves. And because the 360 will always enjoy a price advantage over the PS3, and the two platforms will always share something like 90% of the same gaming library, it will continue to inch further ahead.
Seihyouken, you are merely repeating identical talking points that I've been hearing for the past 30 months. "When Sony gets ___ game out and cuts the price, THEN the sales will explode!" Well, I'm still waiting for that to happen. Remember, we're essentially already at the midway point of the 7th generation; the 360 is in its 4th year and Wii/PS3 in their third. The boat has long since sailed for PS3 to make some grand comeback. The 360 outsold the PS3 in 2006, 2007, 2008, and it is mopping the floor with the PS3 right now in 2009. There is no empirical evidence to suggest that their fortunes will reverse. Until I see Sony's platform consistently start outselling Microsoft's for a sustained period, I'm going to continue to treat all such predictions with disdain.
This isn't about fanboyism. It's understanding a market.
As far as the claims of Sony being far better able to afford massive price cuts on hardware, well, you may want to read Sony's own press releases... the ones that having them posting their biggest losses in a decade and completely reorganizing their electronics divisions. These are not the actions of a company that wants to engage in a price war with its competitors!
End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)
