All it needed was a 300$ price tag. That is all.

With the biggest games coming out in the next 6 months, it will probably be the peak year of the ps3 in 2010, and depending on the success of wii and MS in 2010, ps3 could also rule over 2011.

This is exactly what i was going to say.

The fact that BD is creeping up to 40% marketshare for big fall hits like star trek show its inching closer. Its being more accepted and as long as people are happy with not only the movies but the games, i think PS3 may have turned the corner.

gow3 and ff13 will maintain very good momentun at the begining of the year,march has gt5 for japan but is crowded,so i guess after march gt5 for eu,us,and then the holidays after summer agent,r3 or kz3 with heavy rain,last guardian

I really hope this has shown sony the important factors. Price and accessability. Those commercials make it easy for people to understand what the PS3 is all about and theyre entertaining. And the price is what people think they should be paying for a BD players and game console.

The games will always be there and we knew the established franchises and we even got a couple great new IP's. But Sony needs to be proactive on the marketing and stay competitive on price and the momentum will not go away, imo.

yeah, but that's the thing about sony. Their products are always the most expensive out of a selection. I don't know why they are so constantly on about excessive pricing but whatever. I hope they learn their lesson soon.

that's pretty subjective on what would you say = badass?

but I see it this generation would be extended, due mainly to the aspect of these system's being less and less static than the previous generation's and not just Sony's machine's look at Microsoft's and Nintendo's. all system's are network connected this time in one shape or form thus there is less of a static dynamic to hinder their progress for viability for future game, or entertainment in the future as there was for prev. system's. Not to say the older system's are not fun, just that they are more static than change to the system's overall function's.

many see the current system's as not just Game system's

if anything this generation is going to be longer than I think many people may think.

look at the Wii, helping the people with physical disabilities 

Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-02-08-wii-rehabilitation_N.htm

More exclusives would help abit

Sony's going to focus on what they do best, they're going to focus on the market that's been theirs - the Gamer/PS2 market. And why it will have momentum... exclusive games after more exclusive games after more. MS just doesn't have close to as many first party studios to compete at that level, and buying good 3rd party exclusives is prohibitively expensive at this point in the game.

I agree. The main reason is technology can start seeing diminishing returns on advancements. BD will likely be here fo rlonger than DVD because living rooms simply wont benefit from higher resolution in light of screen sizes and viewing distance.

Nintendo is in the best position here to come out swinging next gen because they can vastly improve on their tech from a visual standpoint as well a technological standpoint. Especially considering the rehab youve mentioned. There are so many things nintendo has opened up for themselves for their next console.

MSFT is trying something with natal, the reason theyre trying to launch it as a "console" launch is because momentum cant simply gain based on the advancement and price required to go from where we went from xbox to 360 and PS2 to PS3.

Keeping momentum for the next 5-10 years will be about applications and innovation. We wont see visuals take a leap forward from MSFT and Sony, imo. MSFT is probably doing the right thing with natal, but imo, theyre really going all in with a tech that may need to be gradually introduced which may leave it DOA, we will see.

Sony with the wands is taking a pretty lame approach and it wont do anything significant for the console or its momentum imo, theyll need something else to sustain itself, but luckily for them they have BD, but in the same breath it leaves room for MSFT to add BD as a future momentum sustaining application.

The more i think about it, i know its slightly OT, but nintendo is sitting so pretty right now because they have so much room to grow with their next console.

From sonys standpoint their next move should be some type of DD system for retail games in which we are offered a lesser price, possibly $45 to $50 dollars for downloads and they need to spearhead a system for us to "unload" purchases internally through the PSN for trade ins for credit to download new software.

Games like, Killzone 3, Res 3 , Uncharted 3, Twisted medal, Infamous 2 , I have heard rumors of a new Legacy of Kain , Gran Turismo , God of war 3 , MAG, many more not talked about yet, another big thing i think is this wand tech, Playstation 3 has a lot to offer, there just now really understanding how to develop on it, we have better graphics and game play to come on this machine. very exciting.