Possible 7th gen scenario

[zorg1000]

Mensrea said:
Well the Wii would have done a little worse at the start, but not much. I think in the long run it would have outpaced the actual Wii. It might have gotten better third party, but who knows.

360 would have done much worse I think. 360 really benefited from the early launch, even if RROD was a pain, they got their foot in the door and used that to beat sony for most of the gen. If sony as you said came out with a cheaper model around the same time as the 360, I could see it putting the xbox brand away.

I think in this scenario: Wii 120 million lifetime PS3 100 million lifetime xbox 45-50 million lifetime.

Ya I was thinking that too after I posted it, 360 did in fact benefit alot from releasing earlier, cheaper and easier to develop for. Having the better online service could have been a big selling point for COD players and games like Gears/Halo are strong system sellers. But ya I think Wii/PS3 would have had a strong lead on 360 but Kinect could have caused 360 to boost up to the competitors sales for 1-2 years.