Was the PS3 ahead of its time?

>offered you free online
>offered you seamless PSX/PS2 backwards compatibility
>offered you a wirless controller with a charger (the only of the three that had this)
>offered you built in WIFI without using a shitty dongle
>offered you 60GB right out of the box
>offered you standard SATA HDD's (sata 1 interface) instead of proprietary ones
>offered you CELL CPU
>offered you new state of the art Blu Ray player
>offered you great first party games and JRPG's
>all for 600$

>offered you free online
>offered you seamless PSX/PS2 backwards compatibility
>offered you a wirless controller with a charger (the only of the three that had this)
>offered you built in WIFI without using a shitty dongle
>offered you 60GB right out of the box
>offered you standard SATA HDD's instead of propietary ones
>offered you new state of the art Blu Ray player
>offered you great first party games and JRPG's
>all for 600$

>yet the community spat in its face

had the world accepted the PS3, console players wouldnt be paying to play online today