Seeing the good in the bad?

[Dodece]

@mibauokami

Whether the strategy will ultimately work out for Sony is somewhat irrelevant. Right now the situation is what it is. I suppose you may be arguing future prospects may justify some verbose design choices, but that isn't exactly a safe coarse of action. Which is the crux of what I am saying. Without the large influx of capitol Sony generated prior to the launch of the PS3 the company would have become severely over extended on the up front losses. To go at it another way they sold a lot of things to have money to bring their console to fruition.

Sony has insinuated that they were not happy with what transpired financially, and do not intend to have a repeat of what happened this generation. Where they felt compelled to loss lead into a massive money pit. That said they are not exactly going to be acting in a vacuum. If the other two competitors through their choices move the field then Sony may be compelled to oblige. So in the final analysis instead of the hypothetical sale now, it could be a real sale just prior to the next launch, or after the next launch depending on what happens.

I am just interested in the hypothetical sense what the money would mean sooner rather then later. In fact it may lead to better decision making if it comes earlier in the development cycle. That could give Sony more control over its own strategy. Better to be acting rather then reacting.