It's been a week of speculation as Howard Stringer is looking into cutting the price of the highly-sophisticated next-generation PlayStation-- I'm a bit back and forth on how that would improve the already deeper situation Sony has stuck itself in. I am not saying a price-drop wouldn't help-- because in fact I think if they could drop the price by at least $100, things could change a bit. But I'm also on the other end, for the simple fact that $499 is not going to cut it. While I've always been a Sony faithful, and pretty much spent my time on a PlayStation console, more than an Xbox or Nintendo console, I'm a bit steering off into another direction. I've been a bit torn on just how absymal the PS3 has been doing, but selling a million units in Europe is great news. But in Japan, it's a different story where 20,000 was once acceptable, and it seems as if fans are adjusting to it's lowest sales of only 8,000 per week in Japan.

I'm just really intrigued by the concept-- will a price drop really help the PS3 fair any better to it's counterparts? Me I'm really not optimistic one bit, now that I look back on it, and further analyzing the situation myself. While I've aforementioned before that a price drop would give it a boost, I just don't think it's really going to cut it since the Wii has mopped the floor with the PS3 ever since launch. For the simple fact that this is a "casual" industry-- not a hardcore arena. While I'd consider myself a "hardcore" gamer-- I own hundereds of games, and have a crapload of video game systems, I just believe that Nintendo is an unstoppable force. But it depends as well-- this is perhaps the most complex situation the industry has ever faced. Two systems appealing to one market, and another which is accessible to nearly everyone, is it really fair to compare the Wii to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3?

Either way, perhaps we need to cut Sony some slack-- but then again it's been nearly over half a year and no exclusive game that has justified anyones purchase of such an expensive game machinery. Even if Sony is able to drop the price a bit, I still think people are reluctant to spend so much hard-earned money on a gaming machine, which has developers cautious on developing for the system. But maybe down the road, while it may not be evident, Sony may very well have the last laugh.