The Playstation 4 has Already Failed

The features that excite technical people aren't always the same things that excite the average person.

Remember this description of the iPod when it was first announced? No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

While most technical people look at something like another sharing button as another bit of stupidity, I guarantee you that there's some young person out there that saw the sharing button and thought to themselves "You mean I can chat with my friends and spend time with them while playing games and show them what I'm doing and stuff. That's awesome!".

The stupidest things like this sometimes really take off. It's just hard to predict.

I share much of your skepticism and am very underwhelmed by what little I've seen of the PS4 so far, but without seeing how it all fits together and seeing how normal people will react to it and what games are ultimately released it's probably unfair to label it a failure just yet.