Failure is relative. If the console didn't move a single unit past today, and left them in the negative zone, however giving them that edge needed to push Blu-ray as the new medium. Then the PS3 was a success.
If they break even, move enough hardware to be profitable in any regard. It's brand name recognition, franchise starting, and again, profitable to any standard. How much is a different story, but if the PS3 can get to this point it was a success in my opinion.
If they get the network up and running how it should be. Offering movies, music, games, and all that other yummy stuff that SONY of all companies SHOULD be offering, it could only really go uphill from there.
If the PS3 sells more HD-TV's. That can only really benefit Sony also, surprisingly there Bravia series is selling quite well, and if the PS3 had any part at all in that (it did in our household), then the PS3 was successful in that regard.
Overall, since the ps3 is playing so many markets, it's really hard to call it a failure in any regard :/
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