How Sony blew it on the Playstation 3

While the Nintendo Wii has been a resounding success in the gaming console market, Sony's Playstation 3 hasn't fared so well. Here's a nice little editorial blaming the machine's lackluster sales and high cost on Sony's decision to use synergy to turn the console into a Swiss army knife for gamers. Not surprisingly, Ars Technica thinks it was unsuccessful.