We wouldn't want that to happen, would we?

Depends on the short term costs for Sony, if they also sell way more Bravia HDTVs, more Blu-Ray movies, HD audio equipment, etc and does not completely stall PS2 hardware and software sales it would IMO be good.

But I think the PS3 should not sell too much until the hardware costs are brought down and mass appealing games like Gran Turismo 5 or Final Fantasy XIII are available. The software profits can then compensate investment costs.

It looks like PS3 this week will outsell 360 by 200k world wide. With next shipment 80gb bundles it may well outsell by 150k next week also.

and you said it yourself starcraft. This isnt the thread. u always put a negative spin on anything sony related. why? Jealous

and you said it yourself starcraft. This isnt the thread. u always put a negative spin on anything sony related sucess . why? Jealous

The PS3 will have a lower entry price, the much larger install base idea is very much up in the air.  Certainly it will never be as big as the Wii's, or significantly larger than the Xbox 360's.  I agree that a more impressive version of Ghostbusters would be better for consumers.  But history tells us this is just as easily done on the Xbox 360 exclusively.  Not only would the game be more impressive (presumably) than a multiplatform title, but the publisher would stand a higher chance of significant profit versus PS3 exclusivity which would involve a lower attach rate and higher development costs.  In the end, damage to a publisher results in lower quality titles for consumers.

The roadmap hasn't proved sustainable for Sony so far.  Finance-wise, Sony has proven to be the Microsoft of this generation.  They are too this day losing substantial amounts on the PS3 hardware.  When combined with the knowledge the PS3's tail won't be nearly as prolonged or successful as the PS2's, it becomes unlikely that the PS3 will be a profitable console overall.  Never mind the damage the console has done to many smaller developers that have been forced to succumb to acquisitions.  To a smaller extent, the Xbox 360 has been guilty of that same sin, though it mitigates it to a large extent through ease of development and ease of cross-development with PC.  The greater relative success of Xbox Live Market Place relative to PSN, and the strong launch of Wiiware, make these platforms more enticing for small, indie developers.  Given the Wii has an equal number of titles above 90% on Metacritic to the PS3 and it DIDN'T have the benfefit of the doubt from third-party developers the PS3 had (and quickly lost) early on, I don't think its at all reasonable for you to say Sony fans clamouring for games would deem Wii quality titles unacceptable.

Actually, "taking the easy route" is all that allowed some developers to survive Sony's flawed business model.  Your talking as though domination of the industry is something Sony is entitled to, and that developers that haven't jumped at the opportunity to struggle with complicated hardware with the mildest of power advantages and huge financial pitfalls are simply naughty little boys and girls that didn't play by Sony's rules.  At this stage, the PS3 has already seen the limitations of its inferior graphics chip, small amount of RAM and insufficient Blu-Ray drive speed (even 3 or 4x would have GREATLY mitigated this problem).  At the end of the day, you still make the fundamental flaw of assuming third-party developers have the incentive to fully tap the PS3's potential like they did the PS2 (but didn't the Gamecube or Xbox).  That is simply not the case.  The PS3 is third, it will never be a meaningful second.  It can only ever hope to be viewed by third-parties as a platform homogenous with the Xbox 360.  The Xbox 360's substantial lead in NA ensures it will always be a necessary platform for Western developers making HD games, and Japanese developers are all either going to the Wii or being bought by Microsoft.  Once Microsoft stops paying for exclusives from Japan (which may never happen.  I thought they'd given up before SO4 and Last Remnant timed-exclusivity were announced) all Japanese games of note that weren't already in development for PS3 will go to the Wii.

If the Wii didn't exist, overall next-generation console sales would have been much slower, due to poor pricing strategies from Sony and Microsoft.  Microsoft would have taken many, many consumers from Sony due to the price differential, and many people would have held onto their PS2's much longer until the PS3 and Xbox 360 got cheaper.  However, the PS3's prospects would be FAR stronger, whilst the industry as a whole would be FAR weaker.

If you choose to respond, stop cherry-picking and properly engage with my arguments, rather than ignoring that which you struggle to refute.

ps3 may hit 300k this week, if this data is correct. so i guess mgs4 is a system seller after all.

wow, that's a lot of hardware sold for a dead system.

I would love for that to happen, but this is MikeB we're talking about here. He'll never stop cherry picking, and as far as he's concerned he's never wrong. Trying to convince him of anything is like trying to make a wall bend by screaming into it. If you call him on something, he'll accuse you of "cheapshotting" him, and go back to whatever he was saying until you're out of the thread. Then he wins.