What the Sony hardcore fans should really be concerned about is this:
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=Wii®1=All&cons2=DS®2=All&cons3=PS2®3=All&weeks=400
Will the Wii beat the DS? Currently it is running about 40% better for the same number of weeks sales. And as you can see, the DS is running much stronger than the PS2 was, again, for the same number of weeks sales.
The Wii (and DS) has just brought in too many outside of the core gaming crowd. Younger, older, female. And there are just too many of them still 'available' to buy a Wii (or DS) compared to again the number of core ( ~teenage to 30ish Male), while sizable, still pale next the number outside of that group.
FF, KH, EyeToy and even GTA showed (or should have shown) Sony that there was a market outside of the core market, but at best, Sony was thinking they could pick that up at their leisure when the price of their console came down.
Hardcore games for PS3/X360 won't be too much affected. Not the better games, that is. It's the next generation that will be more affected.
Let's see, if Sony takes 2 PS3's and duct tapes them together to sell for $250 in 2011...
Torturing the numbers. Hear them scream.
