GameDaily: Why PS3 Won't Lose

GameDaily's editor James Brightman discusses why he doesn't believe the PlayStation 3 will "lose the console war." Mostly it comes down to the fact that Microsoft hasn't made the big strides they really needed to what with their year-long jump on Sony:

When the PS2, a six-year-old console, outsells your next-gen hardware month after month—which has been the case in recent months—something is not right. And according to Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel, the
Xbox 360 continues to underperform the original Xbox at the same stage of its life. Rather than bolting the door shut, Microsoft has left it slightly ajar, just waiting for Sony to slam it wide open.

All true. And I think -- purely based on the fact that 360 is tanking in Japan, as Brightman goes on to mention -- that Sony will likely end up selling more PS3s than Microsoft sells 360s. But to try and cast this likely outcome as a reason why Sony doesn't need to worry about anything is disingenuous.

Whether or not Sony "wins the console war" isn't really the issue here -- it's the erosion of their dominant industry position and all the implications of that. It's not as if all this becomes moot the second they take 51% of the market.