>sell hardware at a profit
>sell absolutely shitloads of first party software, that keeps selling for years, at full price and never on sale, on your own online service, with a cut of revenue owed to basically no one
>develop games with old sensibilities of modest budgets, timely production, and dense, efficient, and capable teams
What's not to get? The AAA space (especially Western and multiplat) has been taking on water for years from magical thinking and loss leader funny money trend chasing bullshit which it's finally caught up to them. Bing bing wahoo stayed the course and made sure the books were balanced.