Would you be shocked if Sony had planned all of this?

[JEDE3]

Bringing the Gamecube up in this situation is increadibly stupid.

A. The gamecube didn't even sell as much as the Ps3 already has.
B. The gamecube was never an unreasonable price.
C. the gamecube wasn't coming off a successful console.

There is no history to look back on yet.