I always said the power cord was a mistake, it's too expensive and 3rd party developers don't know how to make use of it properly.
But it's too late now, Sony has to stick with it or split their install base down the middle
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’