The PS3 is NOT doing well. In fact, the 360 is making a strong comeback, and happily the Wii seems to be kicking everybody's ass. Down under, the Wii is shattering sales records as well, and is causing fights and riots in stores by the typically peaceful (?) Dutch. When it's this fun, how can you blame em:

Anyhow, back to the PS3. Analysts are taking note of the PS3's sales numbers, launch follies and long term potential, and with Sony's fate hanging in balance, this is serious stuff. Not to mention growing Blu-ray gripes: most owners either don't care or resent the fact that it's in there, and many analysts have pointed out that integrated drive ultimately won't matter in deciding the format war, and may in fact be hurting Blu-ray's chances, if it's having any effect at all. And speakaing of games, that's another area the PS3 is surprisingly lagging in: the leading game in the PS3-vs-Xbox360-tug-of-war-FPS-shooter-genre is on Xbox, Japanese sales of the PS3 are down by half, and in addition to already getting its butt kicked by Xbox 360 and Wii, the Wii might get even cheaper, which would only blow the doors off of Sony even harder. Combine that with the fact that most PS3 units are now moving off of eBay at cost, and...

Not to mention that sketchy cops and violence still dominate the PS3 headlines. Wii owners, on the other hand, are beating the crap out of themselves, but they seem to be having a blast doing it.

Meanwhile, on a completely different note that draws a stark contrast to the grim PS3 forcasts, the Wii is being heralded as a potential savior of a long-lost genre that based on recent re-releases for download services, people are quite hungry for.

At any rate, it'll be interesting to watch this continue to unfold as more PS3 units become available. Wouldn't it be sad if they ended up gathering dust after all that launch-related chaos?