halogamer1989 on 08 December 2008
The main reason is it is difficult for programmers to adjust to Cell architecture. Many devs specially offer Cell programming jobs on their Employment pages. It is a complicated system 6 SPEs, 1 SPE redundancy, 1 for sys software + separate RSX. Not to mention the proprietary and limited amount of XDR RAM. Lack of anti-aliasing is another thing.
Sometimes having the most superb rig is a bad thing, esp when the competitor's are outselling the "superior" platform. This=poor, reduced quality ports when rushed to get to gold.
Optimization is key, it is just a steep learning curve now.
