Vita versus the PS4 (Who will win)

[Dodece]

@Sensei

I don't think I am being overly dramatic. This is the same analysis I presented for the PS3 earlier in the generation. In that analysis I came to the conclusion that the console would either fail, or Sony would have to drastically increase its loss leading position on the hardware. I was right in the latter, and I am still confident if it had been the prior the PS3 would have stagnated right out of the market. To be honest I am not sure given the current financial position of Sony that it was the right call. Had the company not incurred those losses there is a good chance that in at least one of the past five years the company may have posted a real profit.

I know people want to place a lot of faith in new management, but as far as I see things that kind of thinking is just not pragmatic enough. It would have some merit if we were talking about a new CEO that had a real laundry list of past success stories. Instead what Sony has now is a inside man who has a mixed track record. Sure it could end up being just what the patient needed, but it is really likely that the situation will stay the same or get worse.

I know some were down on Stringer, but I also think that most who are down on him. Weren't bothered to really listen to what he was saying at the start of his tenure, and throughout his tenure for that matter. What he found in Sony was a cross wired mess of a company. After all how easy is it to back out of a particularly bad enterprise if it is interconnected with everything else. I mean think of it this way.

Stringer was a man with a massive amount of experience, and not unsubstantial success. Couldn't unravel the big twisted knot that was Sony's product lines. Then what chance does someone with far less of both have. I know there are some who want to believe wholeheartedly that Sony will fully back anything that leaves the factory floor, but at some point Sony is probably going to need to show something that people here aren't going to like, and that is the courage to cut losses even if that means losing some face.