At a guess.. I would say he took the idea from where ever he picked up the photo from and got the translation. It's a pity the OP hasn't replied at all on this thread..... 

Summer sales (late april through early september) are typically slow. His implication that the current vgchartz data indicate a lingering problem with the PS3 is misleading. When PS3 sales bump in the fall and the winter, we'll truly be able to figure out whether or not the public is dissatisfied with it.

Mediocre lineup is an opinion. An opinion shared by most of the gaming world.

I don't care if people are taking a "wait and see" attitude. PS3 sales are stagnating. That's a fact.

I don't remember MS forcing me to buy anything other than the 360. I don't even want a Blu-Ray player right now. Therefore, the PS3 is $200 extra. $300 if you want to argue the Core system (I won't). Adding in peripherals to make your price point look better is just silly.

So, how was my argument baseless again?

so what is a point of such threads? someone is going to cancel: Killzone2 LBP Ratchet MGS4 FFXIII and FFXIIIv Lair NGS Uncharted Heavenly Sword Warhawk Getaway3 WKS Folks Soul MotorStorm Gran Turismo5 ??? PEOPLE, DO YOU UNDERTSAND, THAT IF YOU WANT TO PLAY THOSE GAMES, YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY PS3, SO IT DOESN`T MATTER, HOW IT IS SELLING. it only matters for developers, which will make games in 2008-2009. But for 2007-2008 IT DOESN`T MATTER.

hmmm... wouldn't the 360 get the same bump? and if 100,000 people are purchasing 360's in the slow months what will happen in the fall?

Also to go back to the original post, if the PS3 isn't sold in that store then the 360 is also not being sold. So don't worry people.. both the 360 and PS3 are doing crap in Japan.

"An opinion shared by most of the gaming world." What? That's impossible to defend from any standpoint. You can't possibly speak about a "majority" without looking like a total fool. You can't defend that position, so you are unable to use it.

"PS3 stales are stagnating. That's a fact." Well, depends on how you look at "facts." It's a fact that there aren't many games on the PS3. It's a fact that we are in the summer period where gaming typically "stagnates." Your inference is that the PS3 is in trouble because summer months, without software, it isn't selling a million consoles. My correction on that inference is that the PS3 is only in trouble if it doesn't sell during holiday season, with software. It's not that hard to understand.

The "logic" on your last paragraph is simply hilarious. The PS3 isn't *just* a games machine. It has a blu ray player. Blu-ray is competing with HD DVD. Its competition is not just the X360, but HD DVD as well. You say you just care about a gaming machine, your opinion that has nothing to do with the FACT that the X360 without HD DVD only competes with ONE PART of the PS3. PS3's "total" competition is priced the same as the PS3, $600.

Baseless nonsense, and from a moderator. Disgusting.

We're talking about the PS3, not the X360.

Of course they'll dump the PS3 and PSP, it'll free up space for more DS software and DS systems, its only the smart thing to do

Totally, dump Monster Hunter out on the street where it belongs, that series goes nowhere.

First off, I'm not a mod.

Secondly, you're adding all that "functionality" to the PS3. A lot of people here don't care about it. I'm one of them. I don't want a Blu-Ray player yet Sony is cramming it down my throat if I want a PS3. I don't want HD-DVD either. MS gave me a choice. Sony didn't. Obviously, there are loads of people around the world that agree with my sentiment. The sales back it up.

And if the PS3 isn't stagnating, why is it in last place every month in W/W sales? It hasn't beaten the 360 once in NA and hasn't beaten the Wii in Japan or NA. There's no room for argument here. The simple numbers back me up. Stop trying to use the off-season as an excuse. The 360 and Wii aren't having the same problems.

And I frequent many gaming forums (five, to be exact) and this is the only one where I consistently find people who try to talk up the upcoming PS3 lineup (sans MGS4). While it's still a small sample size, it doesn't take much to determine that people are more excited about the Wii and 360 than they are the PS3 right now. Hence my comment about a mediocre lineup (and even then I still conceded that it was an opinion).

You're the one who is trying to twist around the facts here. I'm basing 90% of my opinion on pure sales numbers while you try to use arguments such as "people are taking a wait and see" approach. How exactly do you know that to be true?