I think the 3:1 comment was regarding sales in the UK, was it not? And I think it was speculation based on a coupon provider or console sales.

Perhaps the sarcasm in my comments was not as obvious to all as I anticipated...

This is brilliant!

I play a console game (or watch media on that console) around 20 hours a week. If I just wait until the end of the middle of the 10 year hardware cycle (when the next get comes out) I can get my hardware at a steep discount, saving around $300 (that's high, but for the sake of argument, let's go with it). So now, let's divide that savings by the time spent on the console and figure out how much i save per hour of entertainment. 52 weeks a year...X 20 hours a week...let's just say a 1000 hours a year to keep it simple. Multiply by 5...and get the hours spent on the console during its' "current generation"....5000. $300 / 5000 = .06 exactly.

So there ya' have it! All you suckers out there are spending an additional .06 for every hour you spend using your console....WHAT A BUNCH OF FOOLS!!!

Peter, I don't think I'd lump Blizzard and their franchises in with the rest of the bunch. Nobody else has managed to even come close to the success of WoW in the MMO space (or in any space for that matter)...and the Starcraft 2 trailers and gameplay footage looks pretty impressive.

But perhaps you were only referring to Activision franchises pre-Blizzard merger.

Developers are watching the PS3 hardware sales numbers quite closely right now. Sony may indeed be willing to drop the price by $100 to gain some much needed momentum in 2009. If the Sony numbers don't start to close the gap on the 360 numbers, certain developers will decide to stay away from the console altogether. Sony is currently offering decent money and incentives (dev. kits; marketing) to developers for the prospect of an exclusive (even if it's only for 6 months) but it won't be enough to get developers into bed if they don't see the console race start to favor the PS3.

Sony, please...please....please, drop your price by $100!!!

And on a side note, DC Online is not coming out until 2010...and I doubt it will be a system seller.