What does Ps3 need?

[BenVTrigger]

CGI-Quality said:

BMaker11 said:

Sony's IPs (barring Gran Turismo) have never sold to the "mainstream crowd". Just look at past sales. Only a handful of games ever passed 5M (on PS1 and PS2). But they had a TON of 2/3/4M sellers that fit the "core crowd". And it's always been that diversity of games that don't necessarily sell to the mainstream, but "there's something for everybody" that defines the Playstation brand. 

The PS3 has the very same thing going for it now, in terms of software, so it's all just a matter of price now

Bingo. I usually advise people to observe Sony's past consoles when discussing sales. The PlayStation brand has never been about 1-3 IPs with huge sales, but a plethora of titles "for everybody" that sell enough to get the job done and satisfy the userbase (barring the big guy Gran Turismo, which will sell huge numbers again this time around).

PS3 just adds another etch in a historic trend.

The difference though that you guys are ignoring was that it wasn't Sony's IPs at all last gen that put the PS2 in first.  IT had nearly 100% of the third party support with the other two consoles receiving very few exclusives besides first party and the fact that the PS2 appeared to casuals with the huge diverse library.  The PS3 is seen as pretty much a hardcore only machine by the common consumer and thats a big problem when it comes to mass market sales.