Hard to tell if it’s such a gamble considering all their prior consoles were aimed that way as well. If anything, the gamble was in not making the move towards

Hard to tell if it’s such a gamble considering all their prior consoles were aimed that way as well. If anything, the gamble was in not making the move towards “hardcore gamers” that everyone else was making at the time. They had their established idea of reality and they didn’t cave into what everyone else was pursuing. Such insight can be a unique asset itself. Which, your point stands nevertheless. You have to have some level of deeper understanding of and experience with a market to pull it off. Having some sort of philosophy and principles probably don’t hurt either.