When you compare Nintendo's move from Gamecube to WII to Sony's move from ps3 to ps4 in terms of sales success you have to consider two more factors.
1) Gamecube althought didn't sell very well but overall was profitable for Nintendo
2) Nintendo despite Gamecube low sales had at the same time Gameboy Advance that sold huge numbers of hardware and software keeping the company profitable.
At this time the only factor that keeps Sony in videogames business as impossible as it may sound is psp.







