I will explain it to you. Basically its a paradise for nintenerds. The type of people that still get a hard-on for Mario. I will never understand their state of mind...its a sickness!

OMG...Mario...wow!!!

OMG....Link....wow!!!

OMG....Bowser....wow!!

Me:

OMG....WHO CARES?!

Funny how the TC says this yet you do realise that after so much time now Nintendo has a greater market share after having 2 flop consoles before... Just because the PS3 isn't doing good as expected doesn't mean Sony's losing out on the console war ground they still have more in Japan then the 360 ever will. Solid_Max13

But it does. Unless they get near the PS1 and PS2 levels then the PS3 is a failure. They never will thats the point and if you do think that they have a chance then you need to realise there is a casual phenomenam and a console that has established itself as the defacto hardcore console in front of the PS3 which are both at CHEAPER prices. How can it catch up with the others when it is always a step behind the others? The only unique thing the PS3 has is Blu-ray and nobody really cares about HD movies other than videobuffs so i can't see how it will be a factor.

No matter what happens in from here Sony has failed this gen. Look at the massive market share it had with the PS1 and PS2, the PS3 will no get anywhere close to that level. Im not sure where it currently sits in market share but its still a distant 3rd from Wii and 360.

Nintendo and Microsoft has won this gen by taking significant shares of the market from Sony, that can not be argued. The question is how much Sony will fall behind and if it continues to sell like it has how will it affect Sony's future plans for something like the PS4? Theres no way the PS3 will last 10 years at the current rate of sales.

This is for all the people who have not bought a ps3 yet. I had a PS1 and PS2 last gen and was planning to get a PS3 until i saw the fabled E3 conference when they announced the price of the PS3, my jaw dropped and i knew my exclusivity to the playstation was over.

So now i am at a suitutation where the PS3 has been out for a year, had 2 significant price drops and it still is not enough for me to consider buying one. So for me Sony needs to do the following things...

1. Release great games dammit! I do not want to see hour long FMV's to try and justify blue-ray when it is not needed (more on this later). Plus i want to see new great blockbuster i.ps and sony not to solely rely on rehashes of other series.

2. The price on the higher models goes down further. Its really this simple, it is still to expensive for a device that plays games. I do not want to spend of what i consider a lot of money on something that is not the best version of the product.

3. Backwards compatibility so i can play my PS2 games. Now if Sony had included this in the 40 GB version of the PS3 then maybe it would be a viable choice but until i get BC emulation on a PS3 like i can on my 360, no sale.

4. Better online service. Yeah its free, but it sucks. If they introduced a small fee for PSN but dramatically improved the service i would be all for it.

5. Better games.... oh i've already mentioned that. But its a pretty important one ;)

6. The pointlessness of blu-ray for this gen. What is the point of blu-ray in GAMES this gen? The answer - nothing really. It just lets them add longer, dull FMV's to their games. Of course it can be benefical to memory space heavy stuff like audio but the audio is pretty good on my 360 so i really have nothing to complain about. I understand Sony is trying to win a format war currently but honestly just look at blu-ray sales then look at DVD sales - not many people care about HD media right now and i can't say i do either.

Blu-ray drives up the cost of PS3 a lot and it annoys me.

7. Less BS from Sony. Please.

Don't get me wrong i don't think i am a PS3 'hater' i think the PS3 has done some good things this time a round, but they just have done more things wrong and have alienated gamers like me who just want to have a good time playing games and on't really care about the ins and outs of the consoles.

So for the people who are yet to purchase a PS3, what does Sony need to do for you to get you to thnk about buying one??