The PS3 not performing as bad as some claim?

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Christopher_G2 said: We have all these anti-Sony goons saying of how much Sony is going to fail, while even at higher price point and more competition the PS3 has sold more, albeit only slightly more, than the similar period of the 360 launch in North America. I'd say it's a pretty good start for the PS3 given all the launch issues. I don't think there's any question it's going to stay in third place for the first few years. Maybe it'll stay third place forever, though I seriously doubt it. Sony's systems have legs, as can be seen with how the PS2 is still performing. A year from now the 360 and Wii could be dead even world wide. Two years from now the Wii will probably be in the lead. Five years from now it'll probably be the PS3 in the top spot. Of course Microsoft and Nintendo win due to the market share they've gained, but I've yet to be persuaded that either had the power to win over Sony in a long drawn out console battle.

There is just a tiny bit of difference here: xbox360 was supply constrained PS3 is not. PS2 have legs because it is the dominant system last gen and is racking in a lot of money, thats why GameCube and xbox is DEAD, because they were beaten so hard by the PS2 that only rumors about their existance today remain. So what do we learn of history: The winning system will most probarbly have a long life the losers want to get out a new system as fast as possible to win some cheap points (xbox360). If (and this is a big if) PS3 is not in the lead and Nintendo or Microsoft puts a new system on the market. Sony will have no choice to follow. More so if Nintendo or microsoft is in the lead and drops a new system for 200$ (where i guess sony will be earliest) in 4 years (that is a price drop of 100$/year).