The PS3 not performing as bad as some claim?

[Darc Requiem]

MikeB said: Yes it's impressive how the PSX took over a market previously dominated by Sega and Nintendo, but this didn't happen right away, this actually took plenty of time. Currently I view the PS3 as being in somewhat a similar position, first an impressive games library has to be build up and this seems to be happening faster than was the case for the original PSX. With unique games and functionalities Sony will have to persuade customers to spend those extra bucks, but the must have game projects have become huge to develop, requiring multi-million dollar investments and often span years of development time. Rome wasn't build in a day. Also note that when the PS2 was launched it was initially being outsold by the cheaper PSOne for the year. The same is currently happening with the PS3, for 2006 the much cheaper PS2 not only outsold the PS3, but the XBox 360 and Nintendo Wii as well.

This where we disagree. I view the PS3 as being in the N64 of this generation. The arrogant market leader pushes their agenda forth despite what developers and consumers think. That was the N64 and that currently is the PS3. The fact that the PS2 outsells the 360 and PS3 doesn't bother given where each console is in its respective life cycle. In fact, the only reason I think that bullet point is brought up is because for months Sony fans would retort that the "360 can't even outsell the PS2, the PS3 will kill it." Sony has lost all of their leverage when it comes to the PS3. They underdelivered at launch at this had cost them a great deal in sales IMO. The PS3 hype machine was full bore before launch, but Sony lacked the units to capitalize on it. Gamers were running out and buying the PS3 based on some romanticized image of what they thought it would be. Now that its out and so far hasn't done anything to distance itself from the 360. All of that prelaunch hype has bite them in the rear. Third party developers making the PS3 their primary platform just doesn't make sense at the current time. The PS3 has two competitors that are not only ahead of the PS3 but they are actually building a bigger lead with each day.