PS3, The Loser That The Fans Think Is Winning.

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Black RL said:
Facts (according to VGChartz):

Wii - 70.78 millions
XBOX360 - 39.64 millions
PS3 - 34.39 millions

Wii wins in all markets. In the HD market XBOX360 wins USA (very important market by the way), PS3 wins Japan (dominated by NINTENDO and Japanese companies) and in Europe it's a stalemate (+-).

E3 is coming, NATAL is coming, MOVE is coming, XBOX360 Slim is coming. All the big franchises are already out for both consoles (only GT5 missing).

We are in the middle of 2010, this generation is reaching it's end (maybe 2012?).

The winner is XBOX360 because it came from behind, no install base, no fans, no franchises no nothing, they have made a hell of a job. The surprise is the Wii, nobody was expecting it (admit it!) and the looser is the PS3, it had all the fans, all the install base and now is fighting for second place.

As simple as that.

I really wouldn't say most of that myself, PS3 isn't a "loser" in the sense of a console, its done quite well for itself as far as userbase goes.  Is it losing in a console sales race between the other consoles yeah it is, was it likely a poor business choice on Sony's part, yeah it was.  Mostly because numbers are facts that you cannot sway with personal opinion as much as people try to.

Also the gen isn't ending anytime soon, 2012 seems a bit soon to me, maybe 2013, but I don't really see much of a leap going into "next gen".  I'm predicting that future gen lines will be a lot more blurry as far as technology goes especially power.  Basically you'll want it to be something that is safe to invest in, right now it's okay cause just like in the Atari days people are being convinced they need that new pong console that is a lot like the others... all because the owner really needs to make his money back.  Budgets are simply too high to have another HUGE leap, it would simply be too much for publishers, they're doing a so-so job with that this gen, many devs and publishers dying off quickly, another spike in dev costs could drive a steak through the heart of some companies. Ex. Namco Bandai, they've released a good number of decent titles, and for last gen standards would be decent sales that would have broke even, yet they're posting a huge loss, same situation with even BIGGER budgets... namco-bandai would be dead.