i never figured i'd see people who consider themselves gamers concern themselves more with the business side of a console manufacturer than its games output
i don't make that point to take anything away from their financial woes though, as they are definitely in trouble

I don't think it would make sense to leave the game industry. That division still has plenty of potential for Sony. Better to drop a different division.

Uncharted?  That's a poor game to highlight your point. It's actually selling quite well- 3.5m already for the new title, U2 is at 5.5 million. It's turning into a big seller and may yet show more growth going forward, if ND + Sony decide to stick with it into next gen. It's actually been one of Sony's successes on the software front this generation.

As for Sony going backrupt, time will tell.

Gamers used to just be kids.  Now they have gone to college, gotten jobs, know about economics, finances and world trade, etc... they aren't just 12 year olds beating up goombas anymore. 

And you can't have any more fun games if your company goes under. 

Gaming is a more serious business than it was before.  The industry makes more money than Hollywood now.  That didn't use to be the case at all.  When you get to be big time, it matters. 

At the same time, they haven't been putting out the best exclusives either, which also lead the statement of quality over quantity.  Not just necessarily sales.

Ha....ha. Id like to say I told you so.

Having a ton of exclusives every year with therefore thin spread marketing per game will lead to sales of each game not giving a proper return on investment. Without proper awareness, blockbusters will be rare and therefore will fade in the memories of the general gaming public within a year.

Thats why MS releases a few exclusives and markets the crap out of them, while releasing new games on lower-risk avenues like XBLA where it doesnt really matter if they flop or not.

I wouldn't say the quality is really an issue, Sony produces plenty of critically acclaimed material that doesn't sell up to scratch but has small diehard communities actively playing the games on a daily basis. (The online PS3 owners you mention probably do actually buy the games, just they represent only a fraction of the install base.)

I'd say the accessiblity of the games and the marketing, or lack therof, is the key issue.

You maybe right, but I think MS is releasing too few of them. 

Minecraft yes? 

Im waiting for that game. Apparently theres a splitscreen mode! ZOMG!!!

I agree with that, but then again, things are becoming more multi-platform.  Microsoft had a GEM with Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 for it's first year.  It's too bad Bioware had to go all EA.  But yeah, I wish there were a couple more exclusives.  Sony may have too many, but Microsoft could use maybe 3 more and still solidly market them all. 

I'm confused, you say definitive driving simulator but I don't see Forza mentioned. Maybe I should check the reviews again...

When I think of exclusives I usually only consider retail games. I am looking forward to Minecraft, but I am not sure if it is staying an exclusive though because I thought I heard of a version coming to PSN.