Sony is shooting itself in the foot. Seriously. Look at what they've done with the Playstation 3. In my opinion, they've made the price way too high. Their aim is soaring above the clouds and drifting into space. They've change the release date for Europe and they're were always saying that they'll have a Worldwide release. In a vain attempt to beat Microsoft, they send like 4/5 of their stock on PS3's to North America and 10,000 PS3's in Japan. Thus leaving themselves wide open in Japan for a Nintendo takeover. Microsoft send X-Box 360 to Japan, things go way down. Sony sends Playstation 3 to North America, but so far from what I've seen, they've pratically done nothing. Now, Nintendo can go, "WHOOSH!" and sell Wii's and be very successful! (nothing against Nintendo) I believe that Sony is losing it's footing in the lead of 'New - G Console' to the Wii and X-box. Also by the time anyone actually wants Blu-Ray (if that does in fact become a standard) it will be too late. Any thoughts to what nonsense I just said?
Well this is the short time, Sony are expected to not do well in the short term, but the PS3 is made for the long term, they are trying to extend the gap between generations. Look at the PS2, even though the 360 was released more people bought a PS2 this year then a 360, and the PS2 is not going to die yet, and the PS3 is expected to do the same, but even longer, for the next 2 years it's going to be hard for Sony, but once the price drops, and there is a small price difference, everyone is going to get a PS3 no doubt about it. Look Sony got a 70% market share in the last generation. There are many loyal fans, but just don't have the money. Just wait in see in 3-4 years time Sony will be winning the console wars.
DarknessKingdom is right, the PS3 is Sony's downfall. Tell me, why pay $600 dollars for a game system (downfall to past consoles, right Neogeo?). And with only one good game, how will it survive the its the next couple months? Even if you wait a couple years, it would be too late.
It won't be $600 forever, it will lower, and by this time next year it could be $450. And also many great games, like DMC4, MGS4, FFXIII and many more. All launches suck, don't judge them yet, even the 360 had a sucky launch. The PS3 will easily survive the next few months, demand is huge, look at ebay. The PS3 is not going to die, I can tell you that, Sony still has a big fanbase.
Yeah. I believe they released the PS3 way too soon. I even read in a magaine that it was going to have new controllers and everything, but no. They just rushed it to get all the good sales. I also heard that most Ps3s are full of bugs and stuff.
Exactly, though some of the PS3's hardware is a bit half-assed, there are no bugs, while the 360 is still suffering problems. I also agree on the games front, this generation, the Wii had the lanuch, thought it wasn't great. From memory, there was nothing great about the launch of the 360, and the PS3 one had caused lots of problems in the US and has been delayed in Europe. But never judge a consoles by it's launch, judge it in a few years time.
