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    Netnavi: +-People complain about price and all but it is the same every generation. Consoles have always been expensive. Buck up, save up and get one. That's w... more »
    foamking: Well, we'll know the fate of PS3 within the next 2 months - Sony corp can't afford to support something this costly and STILL loose cash, especially i... more »
    Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: @d1gw33d: My 360 is in the closet. Literally. My PS3 gets played daily. My wii collects dust and shines blue due to the message I have that I refuse t... more »
    Lafarge: Sony has taken video gaming to exactly where we are right now (not including wii BS) sony has propelled this industry to levels gamers did not imagine... more »
    TimDJ84: Yay for stupid media!Seriously,being a business owner the news and media hurt my bottom line.I am one of many business owners i know who feel this way... more »
    gojirah: It's not a moo point. I've said it before: any consumer that's buying the PS3 as a solely a blu-ray player is not a customer Sony wants. If you're i... more »
    heirdt: It's absolutely moving for me to think about Sony brand as the big looser. I grew up with Playstation brand and while I was not an inmidiate fan or ad... more »
    Talleh: The few games I've played on the PS3, I've loved just as much as any other game on any other console, never once thinking "This could be better on PC,... more »
    excel_excel: What? why did this threas provoke more Wii bashing?? Anyway, I think Sony will pull through, its there hardest time but they've pulled through the las... more »
    Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: ITT-People with blinders on, 'core' gamers who think they honestly matter when it comes to the cold hard world of sales and the mainstream media picki... more »
    subnet6: "Sony's strategy for the PS3 seems to be backfiring. It isn't that it wasn't a sound strategy - it's just that the economy suddenly became hostile to ... more »
    P3nnst8r: As a PS3 owner, i'm not mad at the way that Sony is "underperforming," because they aren't. They aren't giving into shovelware or releasing things jus... more »
    Random J: The PS3 is in the shit now, but it is more future proof than the 360. This was always clear. When games are getting bigger in size and Blu ray begins ... more »
    MrBionic: Perhaps it's indicative, perhaps not, but I was in Wal-Mart the day after Christmas (Boxing Day here in Canada, major shopping day), and the only peri... more »
    Demonbird: I don't see why a growing 17 million + install base, and a highly competitive library in two years is seen as a raging failure by so damn many of you. more »
    alzheimers: It's not just the console that's overpriced. $35 dollars for your average Blu-Ray disk is a serious deterrent to upgrading, when the visual difference... more »
    ShirtGuyDom: I think people are just getting really tired by the lack of price drops. I bet you that the price finally gets down to $200-$300, sales will jump. T... more »
    TheUnlovingSonOfCammieDunaway: the decision to go with bluray was wrong! make a ps3 without it and I might consider....... more »
    siggy13: I think most people miss the point that, by the time you buy a Wi-fi adapter and a year's XBL subscription, the Xbox360 costs more than the PS3, and c... more »
    ngin.small: It kind of makes me wonder whether the Playstation 4 will be all about power like the PS3 or will it be in the middle like the PS2 not giving the best... more »
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    WSJ: Lower PS3 Holiday Sales Equal Fading Hope

    An article in the Wall Street Journal today considers the state of Sony's PlayStation 3 in the video game market, highlighting the fact that the console's holiday sales had dropped considerably over last year's. More »