To think Sony did not know the kind of loses they had to suffer with the strategy they took, thats hard to imagine, no matter what type of fumbling buffoons you think they are, they still have accountants to put up projection numbers. They bit the bullet and gambled.
I also cannot believe MS were ignorant of the weaknesses of the 360 hardware and design, saying that would be accusing MS of complete incompetency, they fucking knew whats went on, and may also have known what Sony was up to and could tell they will be bleeding badly, and so did everything they could to take advantage of the situation to push an early launch. They wanted market share and they succeeded, this is a 2nd generation game console, the youngest of the 3.
Of course they adjusted as they went along, but I refuse to believe either company did what they did in ignorance, these are veterans.







