Why would the PS3 finishing in last place, not first, be a bad thing?

[Jo21]

Graves said:

Jo21 said:
both the n64 and the gamecube and the first xbox had it worse
actually it have a chance of outselling snes. getting close nes.

what i dont want though its microsoft getting second, they would charge for online and don't make a high quality hardware.

 

I don't love the idea of paying for online play, but its not that big of a deal.
Lifelock cost me $10 a month.
My phone is $50 a month.
Sirius Radio is $15 a month.
Now my Xbox Live account was $40 for the year and that comes out to $3.33 a month. It's one of my cheapest expenses and it also gives a me a ton of entertainment. Free is great but if I can pay a few bucks for a better service I will gladly do that.

As far as quality hardware goes. The original 360 used the Xenon motherboard which had the RRoD issue. The Falcon motherboard had the E74 problem. Now they use the Jasper board. I haven't heard any problems with that board yet and hopefully it will stay that way.

i dont consider it a better service or at least to pay 50$ a  year.

for ingame voice chat (since we have a voice chat in the full XMB) and a party system.

and there is not proof jasper it's as reliable as the wii/ps3/Ds/PSP (currect generation consoles) reliable either, it produce less heat. RRod and E74 can still happen.