Depends if you look like your avatar or not... 

Sony knows how to deal with hardware lately. They can be the first in any new technology and have a great R&D team. A couple of years ago they were criticized that there announcements till release took to much time. But with their recent phones like the Xperia Z but also with their 55" and 65" 4K televisions they know how to get first with newer technologies. With that much experience in hardware they only need to get sofware right from the start which I think will happen.

not even a little.

I started to laugh a lot when I read that one...

"Cloud manufacturing"

This is a double win for Sony. It's selling faster and able to be 'pre ordered' more, so for those who are unable to get a XBO later in the year, providing the stock is down, they'll get the PS4 alternative (assuming they have no preference).

Nice I still gotta do my pre-order.

This is great news all around. Reseller pool will get diluted like others mentioned and Sony is really putting itself in a great position to grab a lot of market share early.

Everything about the PS4 to this point has given me a lot of confidence that Sony is insanely prepared for this generation. Other than Mark Cerny looking like he hadn't slept in a year, that is.

I think the early reveal of PS4 in Febryary give time to Sony already start working with components and others things without needs any "secret" or "leak information".

Sony seems to really have their act together this time around. I just hope there is no major software drought after Q1 of 2014.

An October release would be awesome!