Although I think reports of Sony’s demise in the console war is overstating the case somewhat, the electronic giant is having some problems of late.
Aside from the exploding batteries trouble which has affected a significant proportion of the laptop industry, and the news that Gran Tourismo HD has become significantly less Gran’, now the ‘Father of the Playstation’ Ken Kutaragi has been promoted away from any control over the PS3…
It really does feel as if the Xbox 360 has attracted the hardcore, the Nintendo Wii has piqued the interest of those looking for something different, and there seems to be no end of reasons why the PS3 isn’t guaranteed to be worth the wait.
It’s particularly ironic as I’ve spent all weekend enjoying Singsatr on the PS2…it was the ‘gadget’ games which offered something new (dancemats, singstar, guitar hero, eyetoy), and now all of them have been appropriated by the Wii, and to some extent by the Xbox 360…