And when you post the numbers like that, 22 million to 30 million, the race is a lot closer than many people will recognize considering the fact that Microsoft launched an entire year before Sony. That’s not to say Sony hasn’t done their fair share of shooting themselves in the foot but dropping the Playstation name, as BioWare pointed out, is a not only premature but childish.

Activision hasn’t sold hardware for decades and all of a sudden they want to dictate to Sony what they should be doing with their hardware.

Still, I hope Sony’s does drop the price and does so this year. They’d be smart to drop it right around October. While Best Buy is giving away some awesome bundles I’d like to see a $299 PS3. I’d REALLY like to see a $249 PS3 but you can put that in the silly column along with Activision’s comments.