PS3 holds all the aces up its sleeve.

[Squilliam]

uber said:

Squilliam said:

nightsurge said:

That is definitely correct, but the 360 is still going to be around longer.  And he didn't contradict himself, MS just updated their plan.

 

Theres no point in withdrawing the Xbox 360 from the market if the PS3 is still in the game. Hell, as soon as the first next gen console arrives both the PS3 and Xbox 360 are going to look equally obsolete.

 

 

and this is just a wrong statement.  the ps2 was still selling strong well into the next gen of consoles.  we all know we can't say the same for the original xbox.  sony has vowed to do the same thing with the ps3, and microsoft has given us no reason to believe they won't.   that is another reason i justified buying the more expensive console.  if you compare the cost with the systems lifecycle, the ps3 will assuredly end up being cheaper per year than its counterpart.  this is even more obvious when the cost of xbox live is factored into it.

Sony selling PS3s is not a choice, its economics. When the narket price falls below the price Sony wants to be paid to keep producing PS3s, it will be withdrawn from the market its that simple really.

As for the rest of your post, you're making a lot of assumptions or bad judgements. You're assuming the PS3 will be out for a long time but market precedent is that losing consoles get withdrawn soonest. Hell you can still be buying games in 2012, but if most of the PS3 userbase has moved on retailers won't see much incentive to keep stocking new games and developers will stop making them.

Lastly, have you used Xbox Live? If you haven't then how do you know its of no value to you, or at least no extra value over PSN which may justify the cost.