How the heck did Sony manage to retake the console market again?

[LudicrousSpeed]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

LudicrousSpeed said:

Cool.

I guess that would make them a pretty great MS second party also.

Sony owns the ips insomniac made for them (hence why they left). They wanted one to themselves. Microsoft was just a publisher. The franchise could go anywhere at anytime. They we're third party for Microsoft. 

Yeah, we all know why Insomniac chose MS over Sony for Sunset. That doesn't change anything I said. Insomniac was still a great 2nd party partner for Microsoft.