I dont want it to fail, but in its current shape, it will, no matter what anyone wishes (Business 101).
I have to agree, I don't *want* it to fail, but it will. If they'd released it last summer (the target date) AND it had worked properly, in the other words the OS supported ALL of the chipset's functions (SATA, 16xPCI-e and both cores) then it probably would have sold in reasonable numbers even at a high price.
It will be interesting to see what happens next, I think that Hyperion have a lot more riding on this than people realize (their credibility for example).