PS3 is a good piece of kit, no doubt. Thing is the true problems are in Sony's dumb business decisions, decisions that would have had them booted from The Apprentice tv show, ages ago.

If they want my custom, all they'd have to do is restore PS2 BC and drop the price to £250. Then I'd invest in the PS3 dream more, in a heartbeat.

Sony, you should also look to taking a tip out of MS's book, and give the PS3 headset away with all PS3s. Such improvements would surely improve PS3's fortunes and get more gamers online.

PS2 is still selling strong, with new games on the 360 and ps3 even making their way onto its list of new releases as well, which is pretty damn impressive.

PS3 may have been on life support but I don't think it was in actual danger of dying, ever. Its price tag scared people away and m$'s tactic of rushing out a cheap "next-gen" system and making it look cheaper (live fees and less features make that false) worked very well.

Sony is in the best position atm, no question. With blu-ray still starting to stock up on shelves, and sonys LONG lifespans for its consoles, the PS3 is still in it's launch, with many ps2 owners still waiting to upgrade. It wont be too much longer and the ps3 will be competing with the next xbox, the low disc sizes are going to make the 360 upgrade or just release a new system sooner rather than later. Heck there is a good chance the ps2 will outlast even the 360 at this rate.

We own 2 PS3 systems now, a 40g and 80g motorstorm one. The BC doesn't really matter on either, though playing san andreas and bully on the 80g looked pretty good with upscaling. The only thing I think sony should have done better is add a headset like mentioned. The price isn't that big a deal, especially when the system will almost certainly last 2 times as long as either one of the others if not longer.