Sony fighting to stay relevant?

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VicViper said:

On the Vita front maybe... On PS4, no... still a huge brand, probably the biggest of the three (but while not on red alert, a cautious yellow alert is wise)

I think the safer one is MS, really (outside Nintendo in Japan).
Sony must differentiate a little more this time from the Xbox though... I really don't think they can take another round with them, being as similar as this gen. MS is just too powerful to be taken head-on. The famous gap is 2 million in reality, but with you take off Japan (where MS never had or will have a chance) it becomes even bigger... showing how much space Sony lost to them in the west this gen, and how much MS grew... and that happened while Sony did a super fine job (better than MS to most, including me) on game develoment

people shouldn't ignore that one of the BIGGEST and probably MOST RELEVANT REASON why the PLAYSTATION 3 failed and fell well behind the XBOX 360 and NINTENDO WII early on is because sony launched a console for $600 expecting people to work a 2nd job to buy a playstation console.. Sony had a great line  up their first year... RESISTANCE/MOTORSTORM/UNCHARTED 1/RATCHET AND CLANK/CALL OF DUTY 4/ASSASSINS CREED/HEAVENLY SWORD/and more.. but.. their price just almost destroyed any chance of them even competing for a couple of years.. yet they still managed with the 40gb ps3..

price/PSN were probably the biggest reasons why sony fell behind and are catching up today