The weekly sales for the 360 are dropping and Sony haven't even responded yet, the price cuts may not be effective in the long run. BTW, I noticed the FUD against the PS3 is really in overdrive now, it must be related to the PS3 receiving two high profile exclusive titles in the next three weeks.

i used the weekly markers for world chart  on vg chartz, and subtract it. the 360 most likly will peak in 2010-11 and the ps3 2011-2012

Wow I never thought a day like this would come where sony could be in this state.Back in 04 if I would have say something like this people would have laugh at me.

the 360 was up this week in america, japan, as ms apoligized for is still supply constrained, europe its a crap shoot next week will eb interesting. also 1 month is pretty good for a price cut, i think we have a new american nonholiday average until sonys next cut most likly in march next year, and as for the ps3 fud, its more a response to the ps3 boy whooping it up hjow the 36o was done for for the last 6 months, aka backlash, all to do wit sales, and what exclusives did it git i didnt notice any new, the two i have been eyeing white night, and valkery chronicals are both old, though after another ps3 price drop, and another year so they are cheap games i might pick up a ps3, ipicked up a ps2 for some koei games back in the day

The PS3 will continue to do moderately well, but as with the 360, expect sales to start to taper off at a certain point. Sony has crippled any possible market for the PS4's success so while the PS3 may tread water, I don't see much of a promising future for its successor.

Remember, the PS3 is only doing as well as it is largely due to the momentum of the PS2 behind it. A momentum the Ps3 has brought to a dead stop.

I know you are a big Sony fan. Same as me. You just wanted to hear arguments about what strength Sony has. Well Sony is nowhere near any kind of danger. IMO the biggest strength that Sony has: Brand new IPs -> Resistance, Motorstorm, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted, LBP, Siren:BC, White Knight, Infamous, DC Universe, MAG, Killzone. This adds to already established IPs from previous gen: God of war, Ratchet and surely many more that I forget now. All these games mean series of sequels that can only be played on the PS platform. Hell, I didn't even mention the 3rd party exclusives that u will get on the PS3. If you look at the sales gap right now, its not that much even though the price gap is big. All that sony needs to smash M$ is a strategic price cut. They might not even go for that, just prefer to maintain profitability while bleeding M$

Exactly how I feel

ms is not bleeding, sony still is on its current modle, they have stated when they will stop losing money on hardware, january 09 so there is the reason you wont see a price cut in sony land untill 09 most likly march, and ms will cut the price again in october with the yearly cut, nothing shocking there, sony should win world wide until the 360 cut, and after it the 360 should win for a bit, then it depends on momentum and games. (i expect ms to end the arcade next year and move the pro to 199, or give the arcade an hd and a moderate cut say 20 bucks (other scews50 dollar), i expect sony next year to drop by 100 dollars, as its current price point will be tapped out by then).

what is eveident right now is there is no way the 360 will be overtaken by the ps3 in 2009, after both of next years sales cuts, we can make guesses as to if it will happen in 2010

Could someone please tell me what's the real issue here because I don't see how SONY is done for in regards to the PS3. Here's what I'm looking at: third party's are still developing for the PS3, third parties are getting a better handle on PS3 development, more third parties are using the PS3 as a lead platform, there is still a steady demand for the PS3, the PS3 still has its fair share and newly announced exclusives, and SONY is still stronly pushing first/second party develpment. Let's assume foreseeable worse case scenario that the PS3 remains in third. Can someone reasonably tell me why third parties will stop developing for the PS3, making it a less viable option given the facts I just mentioned? And for anyone (like Onimusha) to think that the PS3 willl be harmful to the PS4's success is being hypocritical by not counting the fact that Nintendo came back on top from the past two gens.

The Wii is on track to passing the PS2, and the PS3/360 will pass the old 2nd/3rd place consoles within next year. How do you suspect that number will end up shrinking? (Let me guess: Wii sales plummeting?)

@Jordahn: Nintendo completely changed their public image for the Wii / DS, which is one reason why it became so successful. He's only saying another Playstation will have a much harder time, not just any new console Sony puts out. If the Wii was called "Gamecube 2," I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have worked out that well.