hey guys, just thought id share what i think is going to happen next generation

Miscrosoft - Doesnt release a new console. 

Sony - PS5 is digital only and flops pretty bad, selling less than 20 million

Nintendo - The new nintendo has all the third parties and the best first party games that it has ever had in its history. the release of F Zero seals the final nail in the coffin for the competition.

what do you guys think is going to happen?

EDIT:

this thread isnt going over particularly well. experienced charters, is a public apology in order for this? what do i do in order to redeem myself? im sorry i made such a shit thread.

Xbox one will be phased out, MS will focus on PC and maybe attempt to take a fight against steam. PS5 will be a streaming box or another traditional console. And the Nintendo NX will potentially be the last console, paving way eventually for mobile focus.

Sony and Nintendo do traditional consoles again. MS feigns that they were planning on Xbox moving to PC all along in an attempt to cover up that they have been beaten. They move all first party studios to developing for games with windows.

Im thinking 2019/2020 is far off.

its my predictions whether you think its funny or not. the only line of "humor" that was in it was the FZero comment

i really do think sony is going to try to go with a digital only platform. do you think so? or do you think that the tech isnt moving fast enough to be there in time for the ps5 release?

Calling this a joke thread is too much of a complement. At least most jokes TRY to be funny.

Microsoft: Microsoft will try to fuse their console brand with PCs more. Trying to compete with Steam, the next XBox is basically just a pretty powerful computer that can play digitally-downloaded games through their digital distribution system, an hybrid PC-console. The machine that will probably go digital only sooner. They'll make a XTwice without disk drive per 100€ less.

Sony. Sony'll make the PS5, another regular powerful console. Why change what works so well? They have the market grabbed by the balls at this point. No new handheld, though. Either they make a PSPhone, or they focus on home console.

Nintendo. This one is the one more hard to predict. Either the NX is a astounding success, or a miserable failure. The NX will be a fusion system, both handheld and home console are roughly identical spec-wise. The handheld version will still sell better. Mobile games will make a ton of money for them, and if they can manage to focus that public to their core consoles, they could make decent hardware numbers once again. A big focus on digital will be made, specially in regions where they have been barely competitive (Non-Japan Asia and South America comes to mind). They'll make a subscription based system that doesn't block multiplayer under a paywall, trying to imitate others, and it will be cheaper but with less options that the competition.

Apple. They'll make a mini-console, and that will be it. Apple wants that videogame money, but they are too comfortable with their freemium titles and small mobile games. Most core games wouldn't trust a core Apple console after their reputation.

Steam. The Steam Machines will not prevail. THey won't sell them enough to make them a vital part of their bussiness. They will still keep their dominance over the digital PC market.

Would you just explain why the PS5 would be digital only? I assume you mean it'll be a streaming box, but it being a normal game console without a disc drive is equally absurd. However I'm not gonna provide any counter arguments before you give us your reasoning.

Heh, this thread almost made me laugh. Nice try though!