I'm merely reporting and responding to the facts as well.

Like he said this isn't about what Sony can give to the gamers, it's about the company staying relevant in the gaming industry from a business perspective. 

agree.

Sony will probably carry on trying to innovate even if in some areas it will not work out well. I very certain we won't see a demise of Sony, since they have much power over the gaming world and other technology based areas. From people around I can tell the Xbox 360 is the more prominent console but the PS3 still holds it's own. And at the end of the day, if Sony goes bust then it'll be down to lack of interest in the company and  it's products. And to summarise the question, Sony has a very vibrant identity, we all recognise the brand and thus show interest in their products., Sony I guess will only fade out if they make a significant mistake to rupture their business. 

What the hell? Just say it

*confused face* ??

at underlined.

I beg to differ. Of course Sony has more exclusives in more categories than M$. But that is not to say Sonys offerings are better or has more features.

Personally, M$ have the best FPS's, TPS's, driving sims, WRPG's and if Horizon lives up to the hype will have a very healthy shout at best arcade racer.

In my country I can directly compare PSN and XBL of which XBL is miles ahead. Way more content on XBL and muc more apps ( which are features ) than PSN. PSN only carries about 30 demos. Why? XBL has well over 300.

PS3 is mainly my awesome Bluray player. And I get to play some great exclusives to. But nothing owning a PS3 screams they ( sony ) outshine M$ for games and features.

I believe thats reflected in the sales you cant really understand how Sony arent killing microsoft.

I certainly hope it's not the case. Sony has made some bone-headed decisions in the past 6 years, but so have Microsoft and Nintendo.

I have a lot of respect for Sony, for going it alone with the PS1 and for turning out arguably the greatest console ever with PS2.

However, I think that maybe what made the PS1 and PS2 so popular might one day doom Sony to obscurity: high-profile third-party exclusive games. Third-party exclusive games are becoming more rare, and video game companies more mercenary.

It's common wisdom to say Nintendo lost the fifth and sixth generation because it focused too much on its own IPs at the expense of third-party games, but maybe by losing those battles it won the larger war.

As more and more games become available on all systems, exclusive content will become increasingly relevant. But not just highly-rated exclusive content (PS3 is kicking some serious ass in that category) but high-grossing exclusive content.

Maybe Sony just needs a Mario.

I posted in the wrong thread because I had two tabs open but I intended to post my opinion here anyway

I was talking more about being a blu ray player, more HD, etc... but yeah I agree, Xbox live is more relevant than PSN by far. Even though from what I see I don't find they all that different, really - being a non-user of both, I can be wrong, though. But the key word here is relevant, and with that, you're right.

On the games department... I don't go on the quality aspect, really don't know which is better at what. But Sony is trying harder, that's for sure. Just by following the news, PS3 gets the headlines often, while microsoft, at least these recent times, gets them very sporadically. And no, no only here on gamrconnect, everywhere. For example, they don't have conferecences since e3 - Sony had 2 big ones and several small, Nintendo have Nintendo Directs... those things.