"Nintendo has sold around 95 million Wiis, Microsoft around 67 million Xbox 360s, and Sony around 62 million PlayStation 3s."

Wait, what? o.O

Hehe, I'll do my best =)

Anyway, I think this can go any direction. Each console generation has seen increased hardware sales (thanks to improved economics?), so that would indicate another sales increase. But then there is the iPad which may or may not mess thing up by releasing its rumored controller and successfully enter the console market or simply steal shares from it. After all: Apple are rumored to be teaming up with Valve while making their next (this wouldn't be their first) home console!

Are there any things in the world which are not doomed yet?

I see this happening when the corp giants ban used games. But if they dont, then no. All three consoles will definitely be much more affordable.

Kidding? It has a PG-13 rating instead of R, also John Carter bombed so hard that many people assume Prometheus (read - another hyped sci-fi epic) will flop as well. It is enough to keep doom train running at full speed!

I thought this was actually going to be a Thread made by you Ryan, my hopes were too high.

Eh, this is bull crap.

Every generation console sales have gone up. Next gen will be no different unless the big 3 put out sub-par weak consoles.

The whole tablet / phone market is a totally different experience. The analysts who think the two overlap each other in a significant way are hilarious. They don't. Now there is perhaps a negative effect on portable consoles, that remains to be seen but in no way does a tablet effect the purchase of a PS3 or 360. They are 100% different things.

Yeah, I wonder why analysts think that mobile and social network games will kill anything. All kind of games will co-exist and complement each other. Why should people downgrade their experiences and tastes by switching to inferior social network games and button-less tablets? I don't have any ideas about performances of next generation consoles, but I'm dead sure they will do fine.

Whatever. At least you do a good job at copying things.

nothing goes up forever.  every industry eventually comes down and new/different tech or ideas are created to replace them.  consoles will be no different.  i personally think this next gen is ripe for a decline.  the new tablet market will garning some of the gaming audience.  a fair amount of that "expanded audience" the wii created will not upgrade.