the ps3 at release had several failures which is still prolonging it's acceptance into the market.
#1 price price price
#2 lack of a "must have" game
#3 stupid comments by the officials.
unfortunately now sony is pulling back on their own support for the ps3 - verbally- by chatting up their older systems- the ps2- which outsells the PS3 monthly world wide(why? i don't know maybe its the #$#$!# PRICE?) and the psp which if it was not for the DS would be touted as a huge success in the handheld market.