I like Sony, and I think they are doing things correctly if a bit slowly. The Cell is a powerhouse, as you've said, and I believe that the potential most of us are seeing is the precise reason why Sony has claimed that the PS3 will remain a viable console longer than is predecessors.
It is the focus on NOWNOWNOW that's really creating all of this hate, and if people looked at the machine as a console launched two years early to reward early adopters it would bring them another understanding of Sony's intentions. Two years post-launch the system will be properly priced AND have a good selection of games, and that is the point when I see the PS3's life-span as actually beginning. From now until Spring of next year at the least, the PS3 I see is a device released not for gamers but technophiles. Q1 2k8 or Q3 2k8, however, should see the start of the system's life as a game machine.
You do not have the right to never be offended.
