http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071104/japan_bye_bye_pcs.html?.v=2
"The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles, and digital video recorders with terabytes of memory."
I often see criticism from US users about how the PS3 has tried to be "everything", more like a general purpose computer than just focusing solely on playing games. If this article is accurate, wouldn't it make more sense to have the PS3 try to implement more general-computing type features, at least for the Japanese market? It would be something that has some of the features of the PC but connects to their fancy TV.
