Was ps3 supposed to sell well in 2007?

[CDiablo]

It definitely was. I remember wanting a Wii at the time, and they launched with 1000000 in the first week(maybe month). Everyone was like "sweet I could just walk in a store and buy one." I fell into that crowd and didnt get a Wii until 4 months later thanks to a horrible blizzard, an asshole employer that made me work the blizzard and good luck. I have seen Wii's 2 times since and I always check just for kicks. Everytime I find one its just a little exciting to see one in stores, and it usually gets bought up within minutes of me seeing it.

PS3's on the other hand were the next big thing cause people figured that the PS brand would create big sales. Ebay preorders were fetching obscene amounts of money $1000-$2500 for a unit by itself. People wanted to get their hands on these things because they were supposed to be the big thing and did not want to miss the Christmas gift of the year. The vultures on ebay were starting preorder prices at $800 for a $500-$600 retail system. Various news reports had clips of people waiting in line for a week outside of retailers just to get their hands on the system, though not all were ebayers I would say 1/3 of all in those lines hoped to turn a profit.

Then reality hit. People werent totally sold on PS3 for a number of reasons and the majority of ebay vultures ended up not being able to turn a profit off of their PS3's(+tax). News stories started coming in that unopened PS3's were being returned in mass to retailers and by the time Christmas rolled around you could walk into most retailers and buy one right off the shelves.

 Now almost a year later PS supporters are saying that R&C, Uncharted, FF, MGS and others will jumpstart the brand. Only time will tell.