I have always said that Cell is overrated and not really suited to be a CPU on a games machine. The GPU/CPU hybrid won't succeed unless it's as powerful as both separately and Cell made too many compromises between the two so as to fail at being that great for either job.
That said the PS2 also turned out to be less than Sony promised, and it still wound up being the winner and having the most good games.
So even if Cell underwhelms it doesn't mean the PS3 will fail. What I've seen of MGS4 looks pretty impressive to me.
That said the PS2 also turned out to be less than Sony promised, and it still wound up being the winner and having the most good games.
So even if Cell underwhelms it doesn't mean the PS3 will fail. What I've seen of MGS4 looks pretty impressive to me.