New Book - "Why Did the PS3 Fail?"

[masschamber]

so the japanese are moronic for reading a book analysis a bad business move,
seems more of a smart thing to do, probably sony execs should be first in line to read it so they don't repeat their mistakes

oh and another things stop running that tired the wii is only on top due to price tag
if that was true the dreamcast would have been number 1
same with the 64 (well this is more of a grey area due to the pricey cartridges)
same with the 7800
garbage joke systems and portables like the Watara Supervision would have made repectable showings
their is more to sucess and failure then just price
marketing (remeber the original ps1 commercials URnot(red)E and all those other slick subliminal message lined ads and time magazine's "THE PS2 WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND THE WORLD")
presentation of the product, every thing from appealing packaging to form factor ( the PS3 is the physically largest system sony has ever produced and I think that it means something to people with little space, were as the wii is the smallest system at launch outside of the pc engine)
broad appeal of the software regardless of quality (guess what a 100000 people that will buy a console to get some garbage like the latest billy bob's hunting and fishin are just as deserable of purcahses as 100000 people that want the latest entry in a reacurring well repected series)
customer support (companies like dell use this as thier backbone, people do care about quality service )
there is so much more than just cost and I know there are legions of other things to be considered on what makes something successful