Well we will know for sure in a few months. Note, I think Halo will sell well, very well, but I think that there are few people just waiting for Halo to buy a 360 than others think. Sony really needed a AAA title for launch, something that would show us the difference between what the 360 can do and what the PS3 can do. So far I haven't seen that. The biggest thing holding PS3 back is the price, I think most can agree on that at least. So if $600 is too much for you to buy the PS3, will Home sway you? Sony isn't dead yet. They have until the holidays to get their ass's in gear. If they sell poor through the holidays then they are toast, as most of the 3rd party games being developed will be canceled, moved to another system, or at the very least will no longer be exclusive. Also all the systems have some great games coming out this year. So none really have any advantage in that regard. I think the sales percentages will stay pretty much the same. 360 will go up with Halo, Wii with Brawl etc. But the % gap between them will remain pretty much the same.

I agree: After this holiday season we will know for sure if the PS3 will survive.

They were screwed either way.

Delaying a launch that was already delayed was a bad move.

The fact that they blew it with the PAL let me know they had no chance (well I knew that anyhow but that was final confirmation). All I waited to see was if Sony's loyalties in Europe and elsewhere in the PAL's were as strong as fabled. When this didn't pan out it was just more confirmation for me.

They were injured going in but the extra delay on Europe & friends sealed their fate. They couldn't launch any later than they did or they wouldn't even have what they have now!

They really shoulda strung something together for Europe & friends just to save face and hold momentum. Something anything. 10,000 units and work on spreading the wealth.

By letting Wii get away with their built momentum and letting XBox 360 extend their headstarted one further, PS3 just created unnecessary obstacles to holding their marketspace.

It's a good thing XBox 360 is still flubbing some regions and Wii hasn't fully spread its wings yet (yes Wii has only gotten started with the domination) or PS3 would be in worse shape. Their best chance is to go for Distant #2 spot beating out 360. If they can't do that, then well...just keep your eyes on 2009 and become Virginia asking if there's a PS4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus).

People are just going to have to understand. The race is decided early. The only time there's room for undecided outcomes is when both competitors are comparatively close and a big gulf doesn't separate the two. Other than that, YES, you CAN see the outcome of the generation in 6 months.

The pecking order has already been set. The March to April period proved it.

John Lucas 

I think it will start to set in when the Wii moves ahead in WW sales, then it will really hit home when the Wii moves ahead in NA.

I love all these people who think the PS3 is just "warming up", its already hit its peak and already reached the threshold of what graphics it can handle without framerate drops and has proven time and time again that it can't live up to the hype. The PS3 will be lucky to sell as much as it did last christmass as this upcomming holiday season. You can claim all you want that fans will come around to it sooner or later, but which each anticipated game turning out to be a relative dissapointment and Blu-Ray slow to take off I think prospective buyers are finally starting to realize that if things haven't turned around by now that they probably never will.

Yeah I remember in 96 and 97, alot of Nintendo fans hoped that maybe the PS1 was just a fad or whatever, and Nintendo would reign supreme in a year or so. It never happened. But how could a company stop leading after 10 years? How could Nintendo, the leading game company since 1984 not be the leader, 12 years later? It just happens. Some consoles just don't lead. Sometimes gaming companies just stop being the leader, for whatever reason.

that's very true, Nintendo started telling the gamer what they wanted instead of trying to expand their market, that's why they failed, and that's why Sony is failing now.

That pretty much sums of my opinion of why Nintendo failed then and why Sony is failing now. Sony succeeded with the PS1 by providing a system that was cheap and easy to develop for at a reasonable price. The PS3 has none of those qualities.

Normally, when you try to force-feed gamers, phail is the word to look. At least sony can hope to the blue-ray aspect of sales,  but they still are in embryotic stage. Can anyone provide a list with blue-ray films releases? I can find only Casino Royal in my country.