But it's obviously not all doom and gloom for the PS3, and to say so would ignorantly ignore titles like LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2 and even Home, if and when Sony figures out what they want to do with it. There's a number of other first party goodness to be had too on the PS3, which .The PSP 3000, Sony's bright new handheld update, is also doing incredibly strong in Japan and elsewhere this week. It was something Patrick Seybold, Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media at Sony pointed out in an email to GamePro Friday:

"As you know, the games business remains strong and we increased our PSP WW forecast by one million. We have no plans to change/alter our marketing initiatives based on this and continue to aggressively promote our products," he said.

Nevertheless, the present situations for both companies are distinct and undeniable. As a gamer, it will be interesting to see how their respective reactions going forward will translate into better games--either to sustain growth for Microsoft, or recapture it with Sony.