To say that the Playstation 3 is doomed is essentially saying that Sony has lost control of the Playstation's fate Exactly. Of COURSE Sony has no control. The philosophy the company has when DESIGNING the console is infinitely more important than anything they can do after the console is launched. (See: Gamecube. Yamauchi was a leader with no clear vision when GC was created. Iwata stepped in in 2002. There was absolutely nothing Iwata could do at that point to turn the GC around. We now are seeing that Iwata is in fact a great leader and visionary, but even he had no chance to turn the company around until waiting through a failed generation.) All they can do is control the degree of failure. Their success in the marketplace is now directly related to how much money they are willing to lose on aggressive price cuts, marketing, paying for exclusives, etc.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
