Is the Playstation 3 doomed?

[johnlucas]

OriGin said:
Wow... even I think that some people in this thread are far to negative on the PS3. I don't think there is anything to worry about... doom and gloom callers for the PS3 are simply optimistic thinking fans of opposing consoles. Why do people want Sony to fail so badly? There is a reason the PS2 won last generation, and that's because there was the biggest selection of best games on PS2. Why do people want the company that brought you that to fail? Or the PS3 to fail? 1. The PS3 is a magnificent piece of hardware, why talk it down for? The things it's capable of and the things Cell is capable of are mighty impressive. 2. The Wii can't do everything the PS3 can and the PS3 can't do everything the Wii can... they are meant for different purposes, but I'd rather have both. HD graphics are something I personally can't live without and if all the games consoles were as powerful as the Wii I would be upset because I like the leap in power. 3. I don't think PS3 is doomed, not when the good games come and not when the price goes down... most people are waiting for these reasons to buy one and Sony is in their transition period, they are supporting TWO consoles at the moment, introducing one while the other one dies. It's not hard math.. All of that said I don't think the PS3 will be the market leader this gen, but people thinking that devs are going to pull all their efforts AWAY from PS3 in favor of Wii or 360 are mad. + Gran Turismo 5 is enough alone to keep the PS3 alive.

Nobody wants it to fail, OriGin. Microsoft is the real monster I'm worried about and Sony staves them off. Sony needs a humblin', hell yeah, and they're getting it but no one really wants them to fail.

We're just calling it like it is, man. You don't come back from a performance like this. E3 2005 they were on top of the world. What should have been E3 2007 they're down in the dumps.

Best case scenario is that they make a miracle climb to a distant 2nd over Microsoft and stay around for a PS4. That's the BEST case scenario. They let ego destroy them. The two PlayStations succeeded off of Pyrrhic Victories. Their ability to maintain was always in danger during the past 11 years. Total dominance just to make a slight profit in comparison to expenditure. That wasn't gonna cut it if the competition ever stepped up their game and challenged them.

They got caught in the middle between Wii's innovation and Microsoft's powergames. Sixaxis Vs. Cell. They depend on 3rd party who is only loyal to the dollarmakers. They never had a iconic 1st party that can move systems for decades on end. You always need 1st party. That has never changed even if it's gotten overshadowed the past decade.

We're just seeing the writing on the wall. E3 2006 told the story of how this race was gonna turn out. This is really not a surprise. We're just gonna have to see if Sony chooses to stay in the games business after not succeeding. Without Kutaragi behind SCEI I wonder if that's possible.

John Lucas