It's the games. It really is. Neither company would be bashed directly for its BC or SKU policy alone, so what we're seeing with Sony is people looking for reasons to support their innate negative verdict that comes from the lack of big, exclusive games.
The best exclusive games out now for PS3 are HS and Warhawk; if FF, GTA, GT and MGS were out, would be second-tier games that sold to profitability and then faded away.
But they're holding the whole console up. That's bad.
MS is, I hate to admit, in the best position for core gamers right now. They have the games, they have the console at an affordable price for this generation, and they have the unique IP, unlike last generation.
Nintendo is in the best position for the future. They have practically unlimited capacity for Wii sales in NA should they produce enough units, and they have SMG and SSBB coming soon to all markets. This is not a PS3-like software situation because near-final code is being displayed in game previews, screenshots and videos NOW. They're going to be released this year and stick to their release dates, at least in NA/Japan.
Obviously nothing is certain, but PS3 is not going to rise beyond expectations until at least mid-2008 (and will be bashed until then), X360 needs to continue with regular solid game releases to become profitable (but they have the attention of the core gaming audience whatever they do), and Wii needs those two games in particular to be released on time.
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