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Mr Puggsly said:
CGI-Quality said:

I'd argue that PS3 was also a"failure", in some regards. What came of it? A record selling sequel. 

PS3 was a failure in the sense it gave much of the market to Xbox and lost billions of dollars. Sony couldn't afford another PS3 situation.

However, the billions of dollars lost helped them maintain a strong market share. PS3's large audience on top of X1's mistakes helped PS4 be a success.

The 7th gen was also so long and people were ready to buy a new consoles. Especially since PS4 launched at a reasonable price. Sony wouldn't have the same record sales at 599 US Dollars.

That is misleading. Sony only lost money on the PS3 for a while. It ended up turning a profit for them halfway through the generation. They knew they were going to lose money on it for a while, but that is how they roll.(they knew the prices of the hardware used in the PS3 would come down which would bring down the price of the console & lead to a profit eventually) They are all about Quality & revelutionary jumps in the console evolution. They did end up selling around 90 Million PS3's worldwide & they still sell 15k or so a week. Also PS3 owners usually only had to buy 1 PS3 as they did not have near as many problems as the 360 which many owners had to buy 2 or more to replace their broken console.