What's the point of cell?

[Bokal]

NJ5 said:

Bokal said:

Where have you seen them sacrifying/risking anything?

Right before they went from 1st place to last place in the console business, with the most expensive system and an utter lack of focus on the things which got them to win the previous two generations of hardware.

The Playstation brand is weaker today than it was a few years ago, and it's a lot due to the cost of their system (not just to customers but also to themselves). The cost problem is primarily due to Blu-Ray and the Cell, the other components in the PS3 aren't particularly expensive.

 

 

We were talking about the inclusion of the Cell in the PS3, weren't we?

It's probably not the inclusion of the Cell in the PS3 that made it go from the 1st to the 3rd place...
The main reason is the huge success of the Wii by Nintendo, it was the cheapest system, it was fun and it appealed to a broader audience. Second reason is that it went out one year after the 360. Third reason was its pricepoint at first, mainly because of the bluray drive, remember the price of the first bluray standalone players.

There are many other reasons why the PS3 is not doing as well as the PS2 (yet, time will tell, even if I don't have high hopes), but the inclusion of the Cell really wouldn't be in the top 10 of these reasons IMHO.