Could GTA OL, hurt PS4?

Okay, we all know that GTA OL has had a launch equivalent to a fine ship flowing off the rails into the water for the first time....and immediately turning turtle, rising up by the bow, and sinking to the black depths, never to return. :-)

But from what I'm hearing, it seems PS3 users for whatever reason, are taking the major brunt of the launch woes. It's got me very nervous about the prospect this November of buying a PS4 over the XBox One.

Has the launch woes of GTA OL, gotten anyone else to consider what it will mean to jump ship to the PS4, or stay with it if you have a PS3? Granted, Sony's got their best foot forward on the public side right now. But as I understand it, the GTA OL launch, isn't the only connective problem Sony's had with a console.

I'm honestly not seeing the connection. 

I mean isn't the point of the PS4 to fix the woes of the PS3 with it's new more standardized hardware? Being x86, in other words similar to PCs and the nearest competitor, shouldn't the issues of the PS3 be the exact reason you would want to upgrade rather than some bone of contention? 

no.

As stated, it's not really an issue for me. PS4 is much more modern and designed with online gaming in mind, it was almost an afterthought for PS3. Not sure where the connection is, but I'm not concerned.

Yes GNB, they do have an idea of what to do. But are they going to throw their full weight behind Gaikai, the same way Microsoft is throwing their weight behind Kinect? Are we going to HAVE to use Gaikai in the future, and is Gaikai prepared for that kind of weight? As we just saw with GTA OL, and even more so with games like Diablo 3, even when the numbers are evident, the roll out of an untested service can bottleneck hundreds of thousands of paying customers. GTA V sold over 15 million units. By the time Gaikai hits the market, there could be 20 million PS4 owners, all expecting the service to function. This is the threat that Sony faces.

Microsoft's Cloud computing system, has at least had a small tryout in the 360. It wasn't much, with just being able to store saves and characters on their Cloud Servers. But, they got to see what happens when you have people sending and receiving data on the service. So they have a solid frame of reference to expand that service to include client data for games like Titanfall and Destiny. It won't be perfect, of that I'm sure, but I don't see the XBox One having the same level of issues with their streaming service that I foresee Sony having.

Which brings me back to the original question. Could this admittedly doomsday sounding scenario, turn into a financial impact for Sony when the console or the Gaikai service releases?

Don't think so

Hell no.

The majority of people buying a next gen console at launch will already have made their decision.