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sony called arrogent by ms and others? well look at the little hypocrates..
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061003-7894.html

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For PS3 owners, the Galactus battle is a perfect example of how the tilt control makes for a unique experience. While 360 owners get the standard button taps to beat the mini-game, PS3 owners tilt the controller to match the commands onscreen in order to defeat Galactus. These are essentially the same mini-games between the two consoles, but the tilting gives far more sense of control. The timing of the mini-game feels slightly off, but Activision still has several weeks to tune before Ultimate Alliance must be submitted for approval for PS3.

There are two more common uses for the tilt control seen throughout Ultimate Alliance. Charged attacks (normally charged by holding down a face button) are charged by flicking the controller downward. It's a bit awkward and the timing isn't intuitive, but after a few tries, it's easy enough to manage. It doesn't seem to add much to the experience, however. You can also use the tilt to toss enemies. Grab an enemy and tilt the controller in any direction to chuck the enemy aside. There are a few powers that use the tilt control in a similar fashion. While the charge-up move using the tilt control seems unnecessary, tossing enemies about is a great use of the PS3 functionality.

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so this is the most anti-wii article that makes complete sense i have ever read. well, less anti-wii and more showing how it will fail to attract non-gamers like they want.
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6133/983/

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Here's the independent, non-Sony approved truth. We've played a PS3, for a day, in a room, with it on a table in front of us. At no stage did anyone comment about the noise it made (ie, next to none). And a collegue put his hand behind the machine after it had been running for a few hours and felt warm air being quietly and safely extracted via a fan via the vents at the back of the machine.

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Many customers camped out overnight for the chance to be one of the first owners of Sony's next-gen system. At most of the stores that IGN visited or contacted the number of people lined up far exceeded the store's allocation. The number of pre-orders available varied from four at a store in Detroit, Michigan to 16 at a store in Seattle, Washington. Several employees we contacted said that they were instructed not to disclose the number of pre-orders they were given.

Some clerks would offer a general number when we pressed for details. One Northern California store claimed "less than 20." When pressed the clerk laughed and admitted "Okay, like, ten less than 20."

An official representative for GameStop Corp. said that each store recieved "no less than eight pre-orders or up to 16. The number allocated is based on store location and traffic." The rep went on to state that currently pre-orders for PS3 were closed.

Most of the clerks said that the pre-orders were specifically for the $599 version with the 60 GB hard drive

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