This whole thread is pretty redundant IMHO.
One, the PS3 is clearly not dead in America since it is selling well enough there both HW and SW (not selling the most doesn't equal dead in business terms) which kind of makes the whole thing moot.
Two, the logic is wonky. If Sony should pull out based on PS3 then MS would never even have launched a 360 after the losses and low sales of the Xbox.
Markets are volatile and with new waves of tech comes the chance for the pecking order to change. Sony will see themselves as having every chance of taking back the lead next gen and will hardly quit on current sales.
I don't know why people bother with these kinds of discussions as if there is any real chance of PS3 dying in sales at this point or Sony withdrawing from the market - because there clearly isn't much chance of either.
US is simply a market where PS3 sells behind 360, EMEAA is a market where it's mostly sold the same (flattening out the highs/lows of both PS3 and 360) in a shorter time and in Japan it sells better.
US is simply a market where it sells better than PS3, EMEAA is a market where it's sold roughly the same (but took longer to do so) and Japan is a market where it sells worse than the PS3.
Considering their different launches overall both the PS3 and 360 are more or less neck and neck globally and have been since the beginning. Hardy cause for one to quit I'd say irrespective of different regional skews.
Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...
