Business Week looks at the PlayStation 3 this week and wonders if all of the added functionality - think the centerpiece of your entertainment center - is going to confuse consumers to the point of turning them away from the console. As a result, Sony execs are hoping that the PS3 is not only the center of your living room, but the system also becomes the center of Sony's success. The risk, the article points at, in having a multimedia centerpiece as your next gaming machine is that consumers may not purchase as many games for the system. Business Week suggests that part of the reason the PSP software sales sagged was because of its increased media functionality. I'd contend that the reason the software sales sagged was because of a then-lack of exciting software. If Sony's PlayStation 3 lacks software - the games won't sell and the other functionality will.

This PlayStation May Play Too Much [Business Week]