These comments read like a justification for a delaying tactic, and they provide the company with a plausible cover story. Which is also being presented in the best possible light. Arguing for a positional advantage, doesn't disqualify the possibility that there is a competitive disadvantage. It is better to say that we will delay to be better, and to keep others from copying our ideas. Then it is to say we can't match the competition by launching at the same time.
It is entirely possible that Sony has come to the realization that Microsoft has been lulling them into a false sense of security about their own console design. In which case this commentary may be pointing to a reactive posture rather then any kind of a proactive posture. Sony may well have intended to launch a console this year, but what they might not have counted on was that Microsoft was going to employ the same strategy that they intended to use, and Sony knows that they would come out unfavorable in that match up. Sales lost due to a delay can be recouped through the fullness of time. What can't be redressed are concrete disparities.
My point is that Sony might have caught wind of what Microsoft is really up to, and they aren't liking their design as much as they have been. This isn't even a unheard of idea. There were rumors prior to the previous generation. That Sony actually scrapped a earlier design of the PS3, because it was far too underpowered against Microsoft's Xbox 360 for their liking. It was often cited as a reason as to why the PS3 came to the market so much later.
Then again it could just be proof that the rumors about a imminent unveil, or a launch in this year of the PS4. Were just so much bullshit. Just like last years rumors were complete bullshit. Anyway we really should talk about strategy more on all of these forums.
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