And it's a bad idea. The exact same scenario we have now, except people will already be tied up and will have even less of a motivation to jump ships, as most people buying next gen consoles are already tied up into Sony's ecosystem.
They only true differentiating factor would be the Streambox, but for whatever reason they're not launching with it, which doesn't bode well for said Streambox. Either the technology is not ready, or the market isn't
Why do people rate ecosystem so much? Or digital games? You lose none by moving from one platform to the other. Digital games are still the minority of sales, and even then, there are people that left behind their Xbox 360 digital purchases to move to the PS4, left their gamerscore behind too. This is about as much as those things matter.
Sony sold over three times the consoles Microsoft and Nintendo (combined) sold in the PS2 generation. The very next generation they lagged behind the Wii and sold more than Xbox 360, but not what was expected at the start of the generation.
The very next Nintendo console bombed, and those guys that had moved to the 360 mainly bolted back to PS4. The Switch which comes after the Wii U is the fastest selling console. In short, prior to pre-orders going live, everyone has zero sales.That lack of motivation to jump ship that people so often talk about is something that happens more often than not. The one generation it did not happen was the PS1 moving to the PS2, and for a lot of reasons, some having to do with Sony, some with Nintendo and Microsoft's timing, but mostly to do with the price drop that came a year in IIRC and lack of third party support for the GameCube and Xbox.
I also do not know why people think that different pricing models are a bad thing. They are one of the best things to happen in commerce and have been common place for eons. Sony had two models last generation an iterated on HDD space, same as Microsoft. Sony has two models i.e. base console and Pro, Microsoft has base, S, X and SAD, three being in the market. You pick and choose what fits your pocket. Choice has never, and will never be a bad thing when it comes to consumerism.
