1. B/c the other two consoles will probably have blu-ray, and will be giving royalties over to Sony. What will take away from MS/Ninty will help Sony.
2. The PS4 won't be overpriced as the PS3 originally cost $800-$900 to make. That was a big black hole for Sony, and cost them money that they could use for other things like work on hte PSN, or for marketing or developer purchasing, or whatever. The next time around the Sony console won't have this issue.
3. The PS4 and PS3 will probably at some point have the app for the Google TV, which would be a great way for Sony to get more customers as it already has a partnership in place.
4. Steam has pledged faithfulness to Sony, and this will probably help them quite a bit in getting some of the more hardcore gamers who tend to be more influential with their opinions and for a long time, MS has had this market but steam will go a long way toward enticing some more people to jump ship.
5. I'm definitely behind the idea of the PSP 2.0 being a phone or tablet base, as a lot of people buy them for productivity but want to buy games as well. This will give Sony a great chance to start selling more PSN games, which will do a few things for them:
a. get more people used to buying games online from the PSN. A lot of people just find the process of buying online confusing, and once you provide a platform made just for that, it makes the whole thing easier in the future.
b. Selling online games will allow the PSP 2.0 to eliminate pirating of games.
c. Selling online games will allow sony to either 1. get a greater profit margin from games b/c the lack of a physical shipment, inventory cost etc will mean that sony gets more gross profit per game or 2. allow sony to drive down the cost of individual games It 's Sony's choice, i'd imagine that they'd pick the first choice but having more flexibility or room in pricing has helped the 360 and Wii for a while now and they've enjoyed that
