Well, even without winning outright, the PS3 has accomplished making blu-ray the only high-definition physical media. Also, it has served as a proving ground and learning platform for the cell architecture, so that if they stick with the cell for the next console, the developers will not have as step a learning curve.
Also, losing this generation does not mean that they will lose every generation hereafter. See the comeback kid Nintendo as an example.
Who knows, maybe the PS3 could make the whole concept of "Generations" irrelevant.







