mixed reaction

Developers are expressing opposing opinions on developing for the Cell processor.
There are reports that that several developers believe it will be "three to four generations of games before the processor can be taken advantage of."
Microsoft's Xbox 360 launched in October 2005, and so developers will have had much more time to adjust to the new hardware. Sony could face problems trying to catch up if developers are struggling to utilise the Cell processor effectively. "

Others have reacted by saying how crazily easy it was compared to the PS2 and how much quicker things are to make."

In addition, Sony have put a lot of effort into providing middleware tools to make development easier. It's believed this is part of the reason Sony included the NVIDIA "RSX" graphics card. The Cell is said to be capable of handling graphics as well, but a GPU would be a lot more familiar to developers. The Cell chip is a state-of-the-art processor built from ground-up by Sony, IBM and Toshiba.