More PS3 games to do a 360 - will you?

Well this won't come as much of a surprise to anyone. Konami are said to be looking at which titles it can release on Xbox 360. While Sonysexuals run off to their bedrooms to wonder why they have been forsaken, the rest of us are probably realising that as development costs for games continue to rise this is only going to become more commonplace.

The PS3 is not, let's face it, selling anywhere near as well as it needs to if we are going to see big exclusives coming to the machine. The 360 has a much larger installed user base, it's cheaper, it has far more quality games available (and on the way) and ultimately it's cheaper. Yes, the Wii continues to outsells both the 360 and the PS3, but ultimately it’s in its own market. Nintendo spent a lot of time explaining that it’s little white wonder was not “next gen”, but “new gen”. Both 360 and PS3 owners will feel happy with a Wii as a cheap second console. But that’s not the real battle.

At the moment the PS3 is in a difficult position. Without a real system seller, and with the 360 getting many of the titles that Sony must have wanted just for PS3 it is getting more and more difficult to justify buying a PS3. And with sales low who wants to sink millions into a PS3 exclusive? A price drop might help but I can’t help feeling that the momentum is falling away from Sony. E3 has never been more important for Sony. Many PS3 owners will be watching with baited breath – and with one eye on what Microsoft has to offer. It’s time to fight back before developers aren’t the only ones drifting to Xbox 360.