If ps2 was as powerful as lets say...the first xbox...then sony could have waited until christmas 2008 maybe to release a ps3 80gb with BC for 399. They would have lost far less money as well as has enough games developed to squash any "ps3 doesn't have software" statements.
But as things stand...I don't think PS2 was powerful enough to last to 2008. Consumers would have just moved on...hell they already did in NA. The 360 was outselling ps2 software wise within a year...







