if ps3 doesnt match ps2 with sales will it be called a failure

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A console should be called a failure if they sell conciderably less then what the makers wanted it to sell. (DreamCast)

Or sometimes a console will be called a failure if it sells the worst in it's gen, and/or only appeals to a certain audiance (Gamecube)

It depends on how well sony expected it to do...