Too late for that, we already lost Sega. :(

Sega did push for changes as well, but Sony is the only one left who seems to be holding that baton right now, if they go well even you shall be sad eventually. I wish Sega would come back as well, I know how you feel

Making faster computers or digital formats is not the only means of technological innovation.

I dunno, outside Blu-ray's inclusion (which was for strategic positioning as a trojan horse for the format war, not really for games themselves primarily), I'm not really seeing anything in PS3 that's too progressive.  PSP as well, really.   If anything, the interface changes Nintendo brought this gen with DS/Wii are likely the most progressive technology integrations "for games" we've had.

Sony mainly seems to be just following Microsoft's lead with networking, tools, media, too.  PS3 is one big over-engineered response to the Xbox when you get down to it.

that is not all that Sony has done, come on you know better than that lol. what about cloud computing huh that is just one example i can come up with.

the wii-remote is a unique innovaton, i will give you that one

Every PS has pushed some new form of media, but I remember DVD was not used to it's full potential at first either, one day you shall see all of a BR disk getting filled for most games and not just games like MGS4, so I diagree with the trojan horse part, sorry

Yes but Microsoft are also copying from Sony as well, so things are getting messy right now, but the one thing that makes the PS3 stand out is the unique architecture that the Cell uses, I mean it has caused developers to think in entirely new ways, it is an evolution of coding, and from my point of view, a much needed one.

Anyways i'm tired now, but thanks for the insight, maybe we can talk again bye

As sad as I am that Sega is out of the console business, they've made far too many mistakes, unfortunately. Still, they deliver their excellent software, so it's not too bad.

Sony invented cloud computing?

Yeah, Sony relies on the 'Razors and Blades' business model.  IE: Sell the razors at a loss and make money on (overpriced) blades. 

Worked great when they dominated.   Doesn't work so well when you don't.     Sony owned the casual base with the PS2 but they allowed MS to lure them into fighting them on their own domain (PC centric core games like online FPS).   Sony took MS on full bore with the PS3 simply assumed their casual audience would tag along when the price dropped down.   Seemed like a safe bet, until Wii arrived 2 days after PS3 launched and immediately starting taking all the casuals gamers.     Now Sony is stuck in a bloodletting competition with MS for one side of the market while Nintendo is king of the other. 

At this point the best thing Sony can do is survive until next generation while minimizing loses.   I expect the PS4 will be nothing more than two PS3's ducted-taped together with the wand as an integrated part of the controls and they'll drop the blades and razors model and sell consoles at a profit.

sorry cloud networking or whatever lol, as far as i know, yes, sorry i was getting tired last night lol

Edit: yeah basically they are planning to offer computer based solutions over a network to you without you requiring powerful hardware, so just imagine being able to play on a HD game without needing a PS3, now you know what I mean, of course it is used for more practical things like now, such as storage, but none the less it shall go that way eventually, as that is what Sony have planned for it, from what I have read.