probably because online games dont determine how well a console sells, just games in general and thats one thing the ps3 has plenty of.  not to mention socom and mk just being released.

Its perfectly normal PS3 is selling well at this point. I don't see why anyone is surprised

I agree.

@BHR-3 predicted that last year with some great arguments.

New customers would mostly care about the game library, PSN would not be a priority yet (if at all) for them. PS3 has been going strong with new exclusives, (already released, and yet to be released) so I don't think we should be that surprised. 

Still, Sony needs to restore PSN ASAP.

Oh wow...
Welcome to planet earth. Population: Almost 7 billions

Smug complacency more or less.

Many companies fail to genuinely keep pushing the envelope once they're the de facto industry leader. It's not that they want to relinquish that status, so much that they either can't or don't want to imagine a situation in which their fortunes are reversed so they don't go the extra mile in every aspect of their business to not only maintain their lead, but continue to extend it.

Sony assumed, practically dictated "You will buy a PS3 for $600" following the complete dominance of the PS2.

Nintendo has been nothing but smug since the Wii became a runaway hit with consumers and only now, once the cracks are beginning to appear are we hearing official statements that no longer reflect this sentiment.

As long as a company is still in contention within an industry, being behind or even dead last is pretty strong motivation for making a serious effort in all aspects to remedy the situation. SCE had the most improvement to make, the most ground to recover, and should be making the greatest effort to improve as a result if they want to see their fortunes change. Focusing on games seems to be the right approach as it virtually always is.

6.9 billion people live outside of the U.S...but less than 200,00 are buying PS3s....yeah...good analogy

people are learning about the move controller and upgrading to an HD Wii console? lol

I'm a firm believer that games sells system. PS3 has more variety of exclusive games and a better overall library of games when compare to other system at the moment. My X360/Wii is quite lonely at the moment and theirs a reason why. With inFAMOUS 2, Uncharted 3, Twisted Metal, The Last Gaurdian etc. on the way, my PS3 has all of my attention.

And how many unities each of these games will sell.

I bet Gears 3 will sell more than all them together. And Uncharted 3 will be half of the number.

I can count 3 or 4 that will sell more than 1mill.

You forget that each week we see 2 or 3 multplat games.

LOL hahahahaha