(Seems some people think this is a post bashing the ps3, it is not, there is no bashing at all, pls just skim it if you find it too long, and make a coment, don't judge it b4 u read it, if you do not agree simply stat so and a little brief description on why.)

Sony had a very bad starting period with the lead up to the launch of the PS3, and was working against a tirade of bad press, which is hard for any company to get past. Though a lot of it was unfair, some of it was Sony’s fault:- 

-Arrogance (I guess it’s a bit hard not to be when you have been whooping your competition for the last 10 years)

-Pricing (Part of the ingredients that proved detrimental to the PS3’s sales)

- Using a Gaming console to push a new format (another part of the ingredients to the above bracketed Comments)

-Business strategy (instead of trying to sell a product, they should have tried to provide a service to us as gamers, this is supposed to be the entertainment)

But as of E3 it seemed they were changing in how they were presenting them selves and their products. Last E3 we saw a more humble company. I wonder what would have happened if they held of, and launched the ps3, later on, like this holiday season (October, Worldwide). 

They could have got all the kinks worked out of the system, released it for 299(dollars and Euro), had quality launch titles, Lair Heavenly sword, Uncharted, Ratchet, Folklore etc… Lets face it, launch titles, are not looked upon with as much criticism by the public (look at red steel), as later titles in the consoles life. They could have easily hit, between 4-7 mil hardware units sold by the end of the year (which is what they would be doing anyway), because it would be the new gadget on the block, possibly taking some wind out of the Wii’s sales. Come march they would have mgs4 being released, their big flagship title. Now I know what you are thinking, “but they would be a long way behind Nintendo and Microsoft”. Well they stated they were not in competition with the Wii, so that would not really matter, and as for Microsoft, if Nintendo had over taken them in 8-9 months of their hardware release, then overtaking or catching them within a year or 2 would not be impossible. 

Sony has some very talented people working for them, but they fell into Microsoft’s trap, with the whole bigger and powerful strategy, and blueray should have never been one of their main selling points. When I look at their new eyetoy, and that eye of judgment game, I see so much potential there, and I mean as much as the Wii remote. They should have included that with every system, and made that a integral part of the PS3. They could have made a very cool GUI that worked like the one in Minority report (yeah I know, I have a large imagination), or something close to that. Using their talent to innovate and create fun games using both the camera and the control pad, given time developers would start utilising the camera in way’s people never dreamed of. Consumers would be very interested in how they were utilising its tech, and probably would have helped drive sales

The truth is I am no fanboy of sony or any other company, simply put I am a fan of gaming (a Gaming Purist), Sony were Leaders in the industry and they took that for granted. When they released the PS1 they made things easier, and cheaper for developers, thus more games were created, that’s what helped. Also they used to have some really cool commercials as well (do you remember this commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf-IW62YGLg, was one of my favourites game commercials of all time). The game industry need to innovate, and make games more accessible. I know a lot of people seem to think accessible, meaning easier and