Considering his love of Sega, my theory is that he hates Sony with undying fervor for killing the Dreamcast.  Time, it seems, has not healed that wound; instead it has festered.  He turned to the Xbox as the closest thing to a successor to Dreamcast.

 With all the Sony job cuts looming, he's trying to make himself too valuable to be let go.

Which financial statements are you reading finance major? I think you'll find it's now in the vacinity of ~$3.5billion.

I think the latest report from iSupply stated they believe Sony to be currently losing ~$50 on every PS3 sold. Even with the hardware chipset shrinkage/revisions savings they'll more than likely pass those onto the consumer before the gap exceeds a point where developers consider the PS3 an 'afterthought'. I think it's highly unlikely that they'll return to profitability on selling the hardware alone as you're suggesting.

You sound like you're MikeB's apprentice in your last paragraph...if the 360 lasts as long as the PS3 (regardless of a successor emerging) will it then have the same 'future proofing' and 'potential'? I'm tired of reading my own writing rebutting this remark but the whole superior technological advantage meant diddly-squat last generation, why this generation is it all of sudden a huge 'ace in the hole'?

So true!

The only absurd PS3 hate I see is that the PS3 has "no games". Quite annoying really considering the PS3 had games since its release.

that argument is dead.  I mean you see people doing it to the wii too sometimes.  There's really no excuse for saying that about any system, almost all systems even in the past had good games even the ones that failed terribly.  PS3 is far above those.

Lol what a funny thread. I really do beleive that most of the people on here have forgot one BIG thing. Its just a game console people lol. Gaming is a pass time done for enjoyment. The bottom line is you buy a console because you think that it will provide you with hours of enjoyment. Now getting that enjoyment comes in diff forms. Some people (I'll just call them tech heads) buy consoles not only for games but all of the bells and whistles they might have. Other people get consoles because of the games that are available, while other price is a factor and the final reason because some of there freinds have that console. Why people hate on one console over there other is silly and I would say a huge % of consoles owners dont even give a thought to it. What does it matter again what console is more powerful does that take away your enjoyment? Nearly everything fanboys fight over your average consumer doesnt think of because frankly they just play games and dont give anythought into all this stuff lol or care. The article did have some points but it really did come of as written by a ps3 fanboy which really then took away the impact of it. Mike B I have to say I really think that in your eyes sony can do no wrong and MS can do no right lol looking back at all your posts that is way clear lol It wouldnt be supprised if MS was to announce that the 360 was to get a 100 dollar price cut with all sales money going to the homles you would still find something to bash the 360 for(ofcourse this isnt going to happen Im just making a point on how you love to put the 360 down)

what am i jealous of?

@vthokiesmoo: Well, even if PS3 comes down in price, it needs to compete 360, which will allways be cheaper and offers the same as PS3. And as long as the hardware sales don't go up, it's unlikely that developers keep intrest in that platform. 3rd party exclusives are unlikely to happen due to low installbase and high costs. And in multiplatform releases PS3 can't compete 360 due to the price.
Then there's Wii, which seems to be getting large number of exclusive titles.

As for the exclusiues, each console has its own big exclusives. M$ seems to be trying to hammer PS3:s exclusives list with similar releases (Forza, Lips and titles yet to be seen) and in fact, 360 is at the moment in the position, in relation to PS3, that M$ knows how to play it well, they've been doing it for decades on operating systems; once you get the lead, copy every advantage your competition has or may have over you. Then Wii has a couple killer apps with Wii Sports, Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii. Which each roughly equal FF13, Halo 3, Gears of War, Bioshock, GT5 and GTA4 combined. So what Sony has against, is a big uphill battle in terms of games library and hardware price.

On top of this, Microsoft and Nintendo are both in a far better position than Sony to reduce the price of their console and aggressively "Attract" third party exclusives ... While it may not be something that Nintendo likes to do in high numbers, they have in the past attracted third party support by doing joing marketing campaigns with companies; and to spend $50 Million marketing the Wii MotionPlus with an exclusive 1 to 1 lightsaber fighting game would work out well for everyone involved.