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There is a saying about those not learning from history are doomed to repeat it. Once again it must be said the PS3 has a propensity for spiking. That means the sales rocket up, and then slide right back down. Simply put its asinine to be getting excited this soon, or make what if scenarios. The PS3 is losing badly in North America, and is not even dominant in the other regions. Europe has already had its spike after all so no help there. So you need a conceivable means by which these two factors can change.

I too am concerned about the economic health of the worlds economy. Fuel prices are getting dangerously high. My family switched over to wood a couple years ago, because the natural gas prices were unacceptable. Ironically we live on top of an oil field. There is a oil well a quarter of a mile from me right now.

While it will be bad in North America it can, and will be much worse in other parts of the world. No country is self sufficient these days, but North Americans have greater natural resources to call on. We can always dig more wells. Use more coal, nuclear, and alternative energy sources. Even the agricultural production can help ease the problem. The ones that would really suffer are Japan, and that brings me to my point.

The oil prices and economics in general could be highly unfortunate for Sony especially in Japan. A country that imports so many resources. The prices go up too much and the console could lose sales by regaining its original price in a backwards kind of way.