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Selling 6 million at a profit over the  nov to jan holiday period is better than selling 8 million+ at a loss.
Sony will make lots of easy profit on software sales on an install base above 70 million.
Late in the generation and a new system is on the horizon.
New systems cost money in R & D and are usually initially sold by Sony at cost or at a loss.