Sir Howard Stringer just doesn’t seem to get it.

You’d think the Sony CEO, or anybody in that job, is deftly perceptive of public interaction with the gaming-hardware market. After all, his company’s PlayStation 3 mostly-for-gaming console has been locked in a consumer…

“Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots”
Genre: Stealth action
Developer: Kojima Productions
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PlayStation 3
Price: $59.99
ESRB rating: M (mature)
Grade: B-

According to Webster’s dictionary, the term “sequel” is defined as “that which follows; a succeeding part; continuation.”

To which Hollywood has added “an attempt to recapture past glory”…

With economic unrest causing the cost of everything to go up this summer, it’s hard to imagine anyone willing to instead cut their prices anytime soon.

Yet that might be what happens next to gaming consoles if the games that play…