Great article Shams. I forget where I read it but I recall reading an article about how Sony's decision to make the PS3 a jack of all trades was made because the PS2 only helped a couple parts of the company directly. To better help the company as a whole Sony decided that the PS3 would include parts from every division creating the overpriced overengineered hybrid monster we see struggling today.
Anyone who thinks this was all part of Sony's plan and they are happy with where the PS3 is is simply delusional. I don't remember the exact numbers but Sony initially expected to ship somewhere between 10 and 15 million PS3's in it's first year. They essentially expected it to be selling like the Wii is, or more accurately like the PS2 did. 5 million sold at $600 with no games, people working second jobs to buy it, and so forth. Having 16% of the market and about 20% of monthly sales, getting blown out of the water by the gimmick, barely making up any ground on the also overpriced but underengineered Xbox coffin stuffer is not how it was supposed to be (according to Sony).
Arguing that the PS3 is doing great for its price and games sounds like the Sony fanboy version of what Nintendo fanboys said for 10 years. "the N64 is doing great with no 3rd party support, only a few 1st party games, and overpriced cartridges" or "the Gamecube is doing really well for being a purple lunchbox with few 3rd party games, only a few 1st party games, and no DVD". Sony fanboys laughed at Nintendo fanboys especially hard during the GCN era when they made that claim so fully expect to be laughed at by Nintendo fanboys now. Not by me of course, I'll just point out how idiotic you guys sound.
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