Origin, I understand you are playing the devil's advocate. The good games are coming argument is still quite flawed. Developers have already began to hedge their bets as far as the PS3 is concerned. Developers that were firmly in Sony's corner are already waivering on their PS3 support. Exclusive games are going multiplatform. Instead of continuing to have the majority of their development teams focus on the PS3, they are shifting that focus on to Sony's competitors. You are going to start seeing more and more multiplatform games on PS3 that are substandard in comparison to the 360 version. The smaller userbase means that PS3 multiplatform ports are going to be done on a shoe string budget. The PS3 is going end up with the crappy ports that the Gamecube got last gen. Sure the PS3 has some potential AAA titles coming down the pike. The problem is that so does Sony's competitors. The bigger problem is that even without a major releases, their competitors seem to be able to sell hardware at a decent rate. More over, Sony has to make up more than just the sales deficit they are facing now. What do I mean? Microsoft and Nintendo are going to see huge sales increases upon the release of their major titles. The PS3 is going to have surpass increased sales that its competitors will experience upon the release of their major titles. That is going to be a tall order for the most expensive console on the market. The worse thing for the PS3 is that its in the worse possible position a game console can be in. The PS3 needs games as well as a price drop to sell. The longer its sales lag behind the fewer games that will be planned for it. Any price drop that they can afford can be equaled by their competitors. The Wii is already at the edge of the mass market price level. Any price drop will push it further into the impulse buying range. The 360 is a $100 price drop away from being on the edge of the mass market pricing level. The PS3 would have to cut its price in half to be at the edge of the mass market price range. Even with the rumored component price reductions the PS3 is still losing over $100 per unit at current pricing levels. How much of price drop can Sony truly afford given the losses they've already incurred on PS3 hardware sales as well as the R&D costs?
