Book on the failure of the PS3 released

Quote:

The PS3 had been perceived as a failure by most fans but the mass media have often avoided that topic. But now, the newly released book “Why did the PS3 fail?” by Tane Kiyoshi directly labels the PS3 as a failure and attempts to analyze the factors which led to this current situation.

The author Tane Kiyoshi is an editor for the subculture + gaming magazine Continue and originally stated that the PS3 would succeed.

 

Source:

http://zepy.momotato.com/2007/09/09/book-on-the-failure-of-the-ps3-released/

What happens if the book fails??

It's in the top 10 or so on Amazon JP.

 Then someone else will write "Why did 'Why did the PS3 fail?' fail?". =P

I swear I've seen almost the exact same thread before...

Wow... A lot of haters?

Seems a bit premature to publish a book with that title.

why did the ps3 fail? they need a BOOK to analyze this? jeezzz.

1. Cell processor problems during development. poor yields etc.
2. having to halfway thru the dev process get a graphics chip since the cell was not panning out for graphical ability.
3. lack of MUST HAVE games at release
4-10000 PRICE!!!!

i can guaranttee that if the ps3 came out at 299 for the 20gig and 399 for the 60gig that the ps3 would have wiped the floor with the xbox360 and most likely the wii as well.

price is everything for the mass consumer.

The author must be pretty mad about Sony if he decided to write something like that. Wonder what he exactly wrote in the book though.

 I think the book talks about launch failure...  and he is most likely comparing the numbers that are out right now to what he expected which would have looked pretty similar to the Wii sales in Japan.  It failed his expectations...  well that and Sonys...  but that's another story ;)