But you forget something . By missing the holiday season Sony will loose potential customers because their machine won' t be on sale. So parents/children/potential customers will prefere to buy 360 or Wii since both will be on sale that period and with good games.

The only good thing that can occure due to this delay is that Europe will get less faulty ps3s' since major problems will have been solved (don' t forget that blueray/cell are totally new technology, so i strongly believe that we are going to see many faulty ps3 in the launch teritories).

Yep thats right - two consecutive European/ Rest of the World Christmas' missed, it will be 360s second and Wiis first. Thats not something sony can brush aside so easily. With such small user base developers will not want to risk the thousands and millions of dollars need to create new titles for the ps3 so expect 360s head start and Wiis affordability to gain alot of ground in the size of there gaming library.

That US$600 price ain' t coming down in the near future - these delays and shortages may make the problem worse. And at that price don' t expect ps2 levels of success - not even close.