Quote Originally Posted by LazarCotoron View Post
No, I think the PS3 will do quite well. It will take some time to pick up steam though. I also think Sony needs to start under promising and over delivering, because the launch of the PS2 and PS3 each suffered...the exact same problem, I think. 400,000 units expected for launch that were unavailable? Artificial scarcity creates artificial demand, which leads to violence. People were mugged for PS2's, and people were shot for PS3's. If these are the signs of a successful launch, there's something very wrong here.
Sony's already stated that they've solved the early production issues and are on track to have 1 million units available by the end of the year. They're even going so far as to ship them by air to stores, which is undoubtedly an expensive undertaking.

As for the violence at launch, the same was essentially true of the 360 as well in some places. I wouldn't blame people mugging and shooting other people on a console shortage though.