http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...570831,00.html

TO PLAY'S THE THING

The big story in computer games this year was HOW TO BLOW A HUGE LEAD,
by Sony. Its PlayStation 2 was the champ in the last round of the
console wars. This time Sony bet on a chip called the Cell and a disc
format called Blu-ray. They're probably awesome, but how would anybody
know? The PS3 is hideously expensive--it goes for up to $600--and Sony
manufactured only a piddling few hundred thousand for the U.S., fewer
for Japan. Plus it's hard to write games for; the launch titles were
lame. You know you're in trouble when you get beat by something called
a Wii.