Is the PS3's only chance at winning making a deal with the devil?

The numbers don't lie, Sony's juggernaut Playstation 3 is over 6 million units behind the Xbox 360. The price of the console is twice as much as the 360. So if Sony cannot cut the price, what is there for them to do to save the console?

The could make a deal with the devil. Nintendo, yes you heard me right the Big N Sony's #1 rival for over a decade but things have changed recently, the path Nintendo has gone down has geared them towards casual gamers, little kids and grandmas. If that's the route Nintendo wants to take then the chances are they will not make hardcore games from the Star Fox, F-Zero or Legend of Zelda series. Those great franchises are going to waste if Nintendo won't use them.

Well imagine this, Sony gives of the license for Little Big Planet to Nintendo for them to make a LBP Wii and in exchange Nintendo gives the rights of the Zelda or F-Zero series to SCEA. Just imagine how epic Zelda would be if it was made by the creators of Shadow of the Colossus or God of War. The game could have amazing graphics, hours apon hours of side quests and even online via Playstation Network. All the hardcore fans Nintendo has ditched have all moved to a new system. Now what better way to get them to choose PS3 over Xbox 360 than a title from there most beloved franchise. Zelda is a very valuable franchise so Nintendo might not give it up even for rights to a LBP game. So if the deal was LBP for F-Zero, now F-Zero could be taken far on the PS3's hardware. They could rethink the series and turn it into a free-roam racer like Burnout Paradise. Miles apon miles of futuristic racing would be one epic game.

But on the downside, one of PS3's killer app games would have a title on the Wii so it might drive some people off from buying the PS3 if LBP is available on the Wii.

Could this be Sony's saving grace or would it hurt them more than it would help?

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