A look back at the MASSIVE GAINS SONY RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THIS GEN BECAUSE OF FAILURE

[VGKing]

Long Story Short, to prevent the PS3 from being a failure, Sony was forced to cater to the core gamer, and essentially made PS3 the best Sony console from a 1st party perspective. Look at PS3 now, it's paying off. They could reach 2nd place this gen despite all the bad decisions that were made.