I think Sony should've just used Android as the base for PS Vita (and later PS4, etc), instead of going around it and making that "PS Mobile" thing that had to

I think Sony should've just used Android as the base for PS Vita (and later PS4, etc), instead of going around it and making that "PS Mobile" thing that had to be compatible with both Android and the Vita OS, which in the end they ended up ignoring anyway. I get this feeling that in US especially, people will be more reluctant to join the "Sony ecosystem" precisely because it's not much of an "ecosystem". Having deep integration with Android and Google's ecosystem to fight against Microsoft, would've been the superior strategy in my opinion. Who will want to use "Sony apps" or "Sony services", or "Sony video-chat"? I can tell you a lot fewer people than if they were "Google apps, Google services, Google video-chat", etc. It's good to see Sony innovating and being disruptive with this $100 console, but I think whatever they're doing now could've been amplified many times over by being part of a much larger ecosystem. Unless you think the 3 main ecosystems right now are already too big, and they should be more decentralized, and less powerful? That could be a good argument for consumers, but either way Sony will be fighting an uphill battle.