Reception

According to Wikipedia, at the beginning of the PS3 launch, it received generally unfavourable reviews as many people criticized its high retail price and lack of top-quality game. However, Sony embarked on a number of price drops and released several quality game titles and as a result has received better reviews more recently.


NEGATIVE REVIEWS
PC World's magazine gave it no.8 on a list of "The Top 21 Tech Screwups of 2006." The magazine stated it was "Late, Expensive and Incompatible."
This view is reinforced by GamesRadar who placed the PS3 at the very top item of game-related PR disasters. They asked how Sony had managed to "take one of the most anticipated game systems of all time and — within the space of a year — turn it into a hate object reviled by the entire internet."

POSITIVE REVIEWS
CNET United Kingdom: "the PS3 is a versatile and impressive piece of home-entertainment equipment that lives up to the hype ... the PS3 is well worth its hefty price tag." Along with this, they gave it 8.8/10 and voted it as the no.1 "must-have" gadget.
Both Home Theater Magazine and Ultimate AV gave the console's Blu-ray playback very favourable reviews, stating that the quality of playback exceeds that of many current standalone Blu-ray players.
Hexus Gaming said "...as the PlayStation 3 matures and developers start really pushing it, we’ll see the PlayStation 3 emerge as the console of choice for gaming." At GDC 2007, Shiny Entertainment founder Dave Perry stated, "I think that Sony has made the best machine. It's the best piece of hardware, without question."


This shows that there is a lot of controversial debates involving the PS3 and whether or not it makes the cut in being worth the money. Everyone has an opinion on things, however it seems very split when involving the PS3.