They also proved once again then they support their console till the end, wich is valuable for a customer (You don't buy a console that won't have new exculsives after 3 years)

They even tried (and kinda succeed) in improving on anything the competition did and they didn't (psmove, psplus).

Innovation tends to be placed at a Higher Echelon than quality because of the success of the Wii

If anything, the Wii's success is because it caught onto the motion gaming fad at a time when everyone else, including smartphones and PC were just trying to get it right.

The Wii U is jumping on to the touch bandwagon late to the party, Smartphones and Tablets gaming are built on the premise of touch controls, Windows 8 and touch monitors have made it more or less mainstream. Innovation will no longer work here.

Its even worse with the Kinect which is still motion gaming, and its making the Xbox more expensive, which it cannot do without the brand appeal and Sony level first parties, (not even talking about Nintendo level 1st parties).

Essentially, Wii U's lost most of its Wii Base (not Nintendo Base), Xbox is straddeling casual and hardcore, and PS4 is gunning for the gaming market. The best part about Sony's strategy is that it can possibly attract more casuals than the Xb1 or Wii U through word of mouth,e.g people will ask gamers what they should get to game and since ps4 has larger marketshare it will tend to swing people more to ps4.

Having a console that's cheaper than the competition and good word of mouth goes a long way. And let's not forget that just this past spring/summer that Microsoft had the absolute worst press (deservedly) of any video game company in recent memory. That also goes a long way -- in the other direction. February is the launch of the PS4 in Japan; I take them being "sold-out" with a grain of salt considering that they're probably gearing up for the launch over there.

I agree, they must have just gotten their marketing spot on.  With scarcely a decent game out for the system to still be selling out is insane.

They are becoming more available now and the hype is dying down. Perhaps Infamous can bring back a similar amount of hype again.

Because Sony caters to hardcore gamers and those happen to be the early adopters.

What's funny is, prelaunch we had lots of reports of failing consoles with less than 50k in peoples hands, certain people jumped on it as the new rrod, here we are 5 million plus sold, where's the proportional failure rate to that initial 50k? Surely we should be flooded with angry customers by now...

It's the best system out by far. Pretty much the same as Xbox but cheaper. The wii u is a joke. The wii fad has passed. Nothing is going to stop sony. Especially once the big hitters get here soon. Best selling console and not even out in japan yet. Sony planned and executed this perfectly

I also bought the PS4 despite knowing there weren't very many games for it at launch. I just trust Sony after seeing their unending support for the PS3 despite its bad performance at the beginning. So I believe they'll also support the PS4, and 3rd parties will also be there.

I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer. And the only console I bought at launch was the N64. Yet I still bought a PS4. I doubt it's really just hardcore gamers bying the system.

Are you saying the Xbox One is not made for hardcore gamers?