HappySqurriel on 02 November 2012
I think Sony's financial position had a far greater impact, and Nintendo's success wit the Wii only really made them confident that they could take this kind of approach.
The Gaming division can't afford to lose hundreds of millions (or billions) of dollars for the first several years of a console release with the state of Sony on the whole; and for "Playstation" to survive, Sony's gaming division has to remain profitable throughout the generational transition.
