We try not to bash the other consoles (ok we do on occasion because it is fun sometimes) and this topic is not meant to bash Sony in any way.  I am posting this story which was written by Jonah Falcon over at GameStooge.com because I find it very interesting information and I wanted to share my thoughts and hear yours in return.

We (as well as numerous other gaming sites) have talked a lot about if and when Sony should drop the price on their PS3.  They continue to lose out in sales each month to Nintendo and Microsoft yet due to the cost to make the PS3 and the fact that Sony is losing billions, they are in a bad place.  The console shipped almost a year late, the economy took a dump, and Nintendo shocked everyone by releasing something inexpensive and new.  Microsoft has had an amazing games lineup and great sales along with a realese a year prior to the PS3.

Despite all that, Sony claims they are fine and look forward to all their great first party titles.  We have heard that Metal Gear Solid IV, Killzone 2, Little Big Planet, and Drake’s Unchartered Fortune 2 would all sell crazy amounts of systems, but the numbers are not showing that to be true.  So I ask you, what should Sony do to stay competative?  Will a price cut help at this point or are we to far past that point?  Is Sony doomed or do they have an ace up their sleeve that nobody seems to know about?

Please read the article below and sound off in our comments on your thoughts.

-Wingman709

Sony Exclusives Not Selling

While Sony ballyhooed their upcoming exclusives like God of War III and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, those titles may not move PlayStation 3 units as they would like.

Number-cruncher Matt Matthews has, in a report over on GameSetWatch, detailed the sales performance of Sony’s new, exclusive titles, revealing a lineup of games that are two-headed beasts: somehow managing to consistently find critical success while being, relative to their exposure and advertising backing, commercial flops.

Removing bundled games from the equation, only one title has sold over a million copies in retail - Resistance: Fall of Man, a launch title, and onlyLittleBigPlanet has even sold more than 900K. AAA Sony exclusive games likeKillzone 2, Resistance 2 and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune have been flops.

This is damning in that Xbox 360 games have sold a million almost regularly. The 360 version of UFC 2009 Undisputed has just sold 1M in 5 weeks, while even mediocre titles like the original Lost Planet sell 1.75M, while “flop” Viva Pinata sold 1.46M. AAA titles on the 360 tend to sell a million in a matter of days: Halo 3 and Grand Theft Auto IV both sold 3M in their first week, whileCall of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War, and Gears of War 2 all sold 1M, 1.3M and 1.8M in their first weeks alone. In multiplatform, the 360 has regularly outsold the PS3, often by a factor of 2.

This is not limited to the 360, either. The Wii has had 52 titles (47 if you exclude non-game titles like Wii Fit, Wii Play, and so on) that have sold 1M, and have had some mindboggling sales on some of their AAA titles, like Mario Kart Wii (16.3M total, 2.3M first week), Super Smash Bros. Browl (8.5M total, 2.7 first week), and Super Mario Galaxy (8M total, 1M first week). Sony is embarrassed by its Japanese rival.

The question is, is a price drop too late?