This is why we can't have nice things

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They went 180 and copied the 360

Microsoft is gonna lose a lot of marketshare in NA and UK.

Not really, they'll still be about the same, but Sony will be picking up Nintendo's slack in these regions, because it's highly doubtful the Wii U will sell anywhere near what the Wii did at its peak.

is this some kind of counter thread to johnlucas's one?

There is the age old issue of "selling the pelt before the bear is shot" as we say here.
Don't get too ahead of yourselves, it's been one week and nothing is decided, a fantastic holiday doesn't equal awesome year-round sales by default.
And, let's not count the One out, it will probably take most of the UK and US market and Japan is fast becoming too irrelevant to tip the scales in a big way globally for home consoles.

As for the Wii U; it's not entirely out of the match but it certainly is in round 11 and getting jabbed pretty badly for now.

that one had such a poetic OP >.<

Gilgamesh is the Jonh Lucas of the Sony fanbase. They are both dead serious in their predictions

I don't mind a Sony apriciation thread, but wow that prediction is some johnlucas level stuff...either way I hope it comes true