That was back then when analyst believed that PS3 would end up an disaster for the firm. And it did? The PS3 was worth it?

I remember a lot of things from the 7th gen.

I remember at the start of the gen i thought the ps3 would be lucky to hit 50 million. Sony really did a good job turning things around... Too bad they still arent that great in america...

I still LoL when I remember the PS3 has no gaemz thing from back then.

if i had to guess i would say he sat a couple of hours with nathan drake, had a good chat and then he came out a PS lover

Drake IS quite the smooth talker that's for sure :D

For all the problems sony and ps3 had..I think from a gamer point of view it worked out best for us. PS3 made sure sony's arrogance get thrown out the window while making them work hard to build a much much stronger first party. 

Some of you have very short memories. This was a serious possibility, its only by Sony throwing five billion dollars at the problem that they turned the fortunes around. If this article was before the 40GB model was released then it was on the money that things could have gone downhill.

As it happens Sony went on a cost cutting spree to stop the profits bleed and so they could aggressively price cut. They pushed exclusives to try and differentiate the PS3 from the 360. They also seemed to change their marketing strategy. All in all the article is wrong with hindsight but at the time it was a fair statement, Sony have done well to make the PS3 relevant and likely in 2nd place at the end of the gen.

haha yes drake is like a missionary for playstation

and oh yes i agree, honestly i love sony when they are "doomed!" because they really do some awesome stuff when under pressure. just look at the major new IP's we got this gen. LBP, Unchrted,reisistance, heavy rain, the last of us, infamous, and so much more. say what you want but Sony's first party line up pretty much covers every genre there is. something Nintendo and MS cant say. Makes me wonder what they are gonna bring to the vita to turn things around, tear away looks awesome

Yes

This is so laughably damage control. You're just looking at some cherry-picked article from a cherry-picked time period and trying to feel good about Sony. I don't even blame that article; even the most vehement Sony haters wouldn't have imagined Sony wasting the catastrophic amounts of money it did to keep the PS3 alive. I'm really not sure why you bring this up.
The NPD results got you down or something?