THe 360 was out first yes, but that was to do with blu-ray diode issues, not the cell. I agree Sony were stupid to not protect their research, as is said, they should have used their brains and sorted some form of agreement out with IBM that said they wouldn't share their research findings until the cell was finished or something along those lines (IBM were using cell research before it was even finished to aid in the development of the CPU in the 360). I'm not saying it was at all unfair as it was down to Sony to write the contracts on the deal, doesn't stop it from being a little cheeky tho 
On the front that blu-ray isn't cared about by enough people, you're right it isn't yet but it will be. I know people who kept VHS players for years before they forked out for a DVD player but they were forced to eventually by the phasing out of VHS. In 5 years time i would be willing to bet the majority (if not all) disks on the shelves of major entertainment retailers will be blu-rays. Blu-ray is worth far more than the PS3 is to Sony (assuming the PS3 does well enough to continue the Playstation brand, which it has), hence why they've prioritised getting the new format in peoples homes over manufacturing an affordable console. Eventually everyone will look at low definition televisions the same way they look at VHS players now, along with those HDTVs will come a HD media; blu-ray.
On the front that blu-ray isn't cared about by enough people, you're right it isn't yet but it will be. I know people who kept VHS players for years before they forked out for a DVD player but they were forced to eventually by the phasing out of VHS. In 5 years time i would be willing to bet the majority (if not all) disks on the shelves of major entertainment retailers will be blu-rays. Blu-ray is worth far more than the PS3 is to Sony (assuming the PS3 does well enough to continue the Playstation brand, which it has), hence why they've prioritised getting the new format in peoples homes over manufacturing an affordable console. Eventually everyone will look at low definition televisions the same way they look at VHS players now, along with those HDTVs will come a HD media; blu-ray.
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, but anyway, yes I agree with what you've said, in-fact I've said similar on these boards, but I was mainly talking about the success of the PS3 platform in it's own right, not Sony, I realize as a business decision in the long term Blu-Ray will no doubt be a very profitable media for them, but the PS3 as a gaming platform will have suffered becuase of it.
