Great first post. However, the situation you describe is foreign to me, as I keep most all of my games - all the way back to the NES.

As for your local multiplayer complaint. It is spot on, and Nintendo addresses that, but I don't know that I would even enjoy tacked on local multi for the sake of it. Look at Metroid Prime 2. Some of the Sony blockbuster IP's work fine as they are, and some just don't lend themselves to local multi. Just my opinion.

That's why I am glad to have a Wii and PS3 sitting together.

Sony only advertises to core gamers. They don't know how to advertise to people who aren't very actively gaming as a lifestyle. They need to do more like M$ and Nintendo. Toys at fast food restaurants are great awareness tools for the young ones. Same with your game being on soda cans. I see 7-11 advertising multiplat and 360 exclusive with posters but hardly ever a PS3 exclusive. Oprah and Ellen worked very well for nintendo as far as informing consumers who could've cared less and weren't already actively gaming.

Show the games more too.

Sonys job is to attract new users to their console. One way to do that is to offer games in genres that aren't as popular so you can get those niche audiences.

Somehow you took this as an attack on Sony and miss the whole point. While you might feel Halo is only iconic in America, Halo 3 still sold 2.8 million in Europe and Others. There hasn't been many Sony franchises other than Gran Turismo that sold that well.

The point I was trying to make was that Sony just needs to focus on their first party line-up for just a bit longer until their titles like Resistance and Uncharted has enough brand recognition.

Some company's don't know how to move on to the next big thing. Sony isn't really doing anything revolutionary with their games in the online department and their marketing is way off. Their marketing for games sucks but now that they've found a sweet spot for the PS3 slim then maybe they'll find a sweet spot for their software as well but I doubt Sony will ever be able to sell very many 5 mil sellers for the rest of this gen.

Firefly was amazing!!! Good point.

It's surprising how small the sales are for Sony's first-party games are compared to third-party. I mean the best selling first-party game is at 6 and it probably wouldn't even have gotten there if it wasn't for bundling and the fact it pretty much had zero competition when it came out.

I see lots of new successful IP's in the OP's list. That to me is the most important thing for a developer, especially a first party developer as a consumer.

Online is one aspect of development, but ill take good new IP's over 4 ratchet, games in 4 years with online play.

Also, lets not forget LBP, possibly the most revolutionary online game of this generation.

With all due respect and I do respect your opinion from when I was lurking here I don't feel you've addressed my points. I wasn't talking about the variety of games available but the decisions made by Sony especally in relation to the local multiplayer elements in their games. I feel they lose out on a lot of sales because they don't make as compelling a case for people to own the software in comparison to just renting it. 

Ok here, some company's as a whole don't know how to move on to the next big thing, although I do see the 'Play, Create, Share' genre becoming massive for this and next generation so I'll give them that but overall as a company they are just so linear. Sure they offer great games and great new IP's which are important for a company but look at how they are selling. Sony is no MS when it comes to marketing but I know they have it in them to sell large amounts of software, they just haven't been doing that at all. Their only major title I see selling over 5 mil is GT5 and after that...what? RFoM? It's franchise is already on decline. KZ? KZ2 Hasn't reached 3 mil yet. LBP2? 1st hasn't reached 3 yet. Uncharted of all semi-hardcore franchises that are geared more towards casuals most likely won't even make it to 4 mil yet it's one of the most highest rated games of all time in a genre that is known to sell in the 10's of millions. There's a major problem for Sony to overcome. They've got great software just not enough juice to squeeze, somethings missing.