Success is hardly the word. But I am saying that it can no longer be called a failure. It is about to hit 24 mill and soon pass Xbox, and this is still at $400 a pop. It has much room to grow if anything, especially with hardware development costs coming down. The console also has a stellar library of games and is recieving quite a bit of great third party support.

There's really no point in trying to argue that the PS3 is not doomed.  Fanboys won't or can't listen.  Systems sold so far since Q1 2009 for 360, I believe was reported to be 31.4 million.  For Sony, it's 23.89 million.  That's a difference of 7.51 million.  So that 8 million lead has actually declined.  What's really incredible is listening to the X-Bots try and spit out this fictional 9 million lead the 360 has over PS3.  What also is interesting is how VGChartz reports the 360's sales number as what Microsoft reports it to be, but doesn't report what Sony has the PS3 at.

All companies report their numbers as how many have sold to stores, so why aren't they all held by the same standard?

It still may be getting 3rd party support but it doesn't get all the exclusives like previous Playstation consoles and its not the primary software mover. I get it, you're fanboy and if the PS3 had a vagina you would marry it. But this console is a complete and utter failure.

All that matters is what your point of reference is. If it is one or all of those things you mentioned, then it's a catastrophic failure. But if you use other references, such as customer satisfaction, the console price or comparing it against less successful consoles (Gamecube, Xbox or Dreamcast) you get an entirely different picture. Just to answer the questions of how it is not a failure.

The PS3 is amongst the Xbox and Dreamcast. Obviously Sony is oblige to keep the PS3 alive to avoid tarnishing the Playstation brand even more so.

The Ps3 is not a failure it is on the brink of 24million consoles sold, soon to be ranked No. 10 in "The Bestselling Video Game Consoles Of All Time".

For it's price thats very impressive it took the orignal Xbox around 5yrs to sale 24million consoles, the Ps3 has done it in 3yrs not to mention the Ps3 was around $450 dearer (on launch) than the original Xbox.

The List

No.1) Sony PlayStation 2 2000 {140 million}

No.2) Sony PlayStation 1994 102.49 million

No.3) Nintendo Nintendo Entertainment System 1983 {61.91 million}

No.4) Nintendo Wii 2006 {52.62 million}

No.5) Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1990 {49.1 million}

No.6) Nintendo Nintendo 64 1996 {32.93 million}

No.7) Microsoft Xbox 360 2005 {30.2 million}

No.8) Atari Atari 2600 1977 {30 million}

No.9) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis 1988 {29 million}

No.10) Microsoft Xbox 2001 {24 million}

No.11) Sony PlayStation 3 2006 {23.89million}

Thanks.

Well it has a change to hit the 6th or 5th best selling console atleast

@ TrevDaRev
Is this what it has come to? A Playstation console being compared to another console that didn't generate a profit?

I guess I should have said 'consoles that have sold less'. All I tried to show was that success is based on a number of parameters and your frame of reference, and which ones you think are important is up to you. Once you grasp that it will be pretty easy to see how this entire discussion is actually running on parrallell tracks.