Price is now the only reason the PS3 isn't selling that well. That and mabey because they no longer have backwards compatiblility. Don't let anyone tell you different. It now has a good supply of AAA games and they keep coming. The PSN is now much better than it was when released. Anyone who tries to say it just isn't any good is biased. People just don't want to spend $400 on a toy.
About games in the past. The PS2 for example. I believe is now well over 130 million units sold, but couldn't sell games as well as the Wii can. It's a combination of many things.
Many people bought a PS2 because they found the N64 childish and wanted a better experience just to learn gaming wasn't for them. Therefore, they had a nice DVD player.
Also, Sony has always had a very large variety of games. Therefore most of the people who had a PS2 will not be getting the same games as others. Such as, if someone bought a PS2 to play Resident Evil, they may not buy game such a Rachet, Gran Turismo, or Grand Theft Auto.
Another reason, in my opinion, is the marketing Nintendo has done with the Wii. They knew the HD market would have broke the harder than Sega so they had to do something different. I still do not classify the Wii a a video game console. Either that or the HD consoles are not. Let's face it, if a no name company would have made the Wii, it would not be on these charts. The only reason it is classified as a console is because it's made by Nintendo.
Also, the phenomenom of the Wii has brought many new people into the enviroment. If you go to your friends house and constantly get stomped in gaming, you may be willing to spend $300 to get some practice.
This explains most of it. There are really only the big four that are that wild. The good original Nintendo titles mainly go in the 6 to 10 million catagory which is good, but nothing unheard of. Definately nothing beating the PS2's top dogs. It's hard for a console marketed at the age group of 14 to 29 to sell more copies of a single game than a console market to people from 3 to 103.
I have moved and do not have the internet at home, yet.
