Some interesting input from the big chief at Sony (starts speaking about the Playstation at the middle of the article) :

http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2358382/Future-of-Sony-Ericsson-uncertain.html

"Have you every played with the Nintendo Wii, your rival's game console?"

Stringer: Yes, I have.

More seriously:

- No price cut for the PS3

- Still losing money on the console (unlike the Wii) but catching up by selling games

- Blue Ray remains the key differentiator vs Internet distribution

"Another five to ten years will pass before people are downloading significant numbers of high-resolution films from the web. At the moment the quality doesn't even come close to that of a Blu-ray player."

... is Microsoft too optimistic with the full Web approach ?

I think a lot of people have played the wii:/

Quality of blu-ray needs to be matched by accessibility to even get to the point they want. You don't need an HDTV to watch stuff on youtube.

As for the PS3 specifically, I hope it starts becoming profitable by itself soon.

It won't, because as soon as it gets CLOSE to becoming profitable, they'll introduce a price drop.  They don't plan to make money on the PS3 as a console any time soon..they just want to cut their losses a little bit, so lower losses = time for a price cut.  It may be another year, maybe 2 before they actually begin making money off the console itself - but then again, this is all just my assumption.

Dream some more Sony..........
anyway PS3 is doomed

Really? and on what basis do you say that?

ahcheng like trolling. I'm sure he has a voodoo doll at home that resembles the ps3 lol

Acheung stop trolling please, I wont report you because your New but continue to troll and I will

i never played the wii but im plaining to buying one for my sister