2010 is too early for next gen consoles. You guys need to relax and enjoy playing this gen's consoles Next gen consoles won't be coming until 2013 or 2014.

 what you said, and to add.

People do not seem to have the thirst for bigger and better as much, and the Wii has proven this. The PS3 has alot of untapped potential, and the 360 has a good userbase that will be profitable for a while.

Part of the reason gen were changing so fast I trully believe was the race between console and PC gaming.

For better or worse consoles have won that war now as the majority of the development studios develop their big budget titles for consoles ( with the exception of Blizzard but their titles are not the resource-hungry titles that usually caused the console maker to release a next gen to keep up).

And economically it doesn't make sense for any of the big 3 to release a next gen ( whereas this gen made a lot of sense for Nintendo and Microsoft).

You guys do realize that the world ends in 2012 right? This is the last generation of consoles. So suck it up and enjoy it while you can. Cause when it all comes crashing down, this whole video game war will seem really stupid.

agreed

The Nintendo Uus

A year ago I was thinking the Uus would be out 2010. I fully expected Wii demand to let up, prices to drop, and an announcement made in late 2009. Since then, Wii dominance has not only continued, it has increased. It is unlikely to see its first price drop until late 2009 at the earliest, and with the WiiMotion Plus the waggle gimmick will likely get a second wind. We may get a WiiHD at some point, or some value added Wii, but the soonest we can expect the Uus is 2011.

The XBox 720

Microsoft is in a weird position. It is suceeding more through Sony's blunder's than their own brilliance. They're doing well enough, but still being lapped by the Wii. The PS3's failure has given Microsoft a grace period - there's no way that Sony moves the PS4 to market before they've fixed the PS3 bleeding. No doubt MS wants to be first to market again, but not at the expense of past mistakes - faulty hardware, and being unprepared for the waggle revolution. They are going to respond to the Wii's success and attempt to make a gaming console that draws both casual and core gamers. They will no doubt copy the Wiimote (or Wiimote plus), but won't want to settle for being a copycat. They will want to best Nintendo at their own game and come up with a catchy innovation of their own. They also have to know Sony will not make the same mistakes as last time, and Sony is still too close in weekly sales for MS to assume they have a real advantage next gen. They don't want to release too soon and have Sony "Dreamcast" them. My guess is their original plan was to release in 2011, but may hold off until 2012, which will almost certainly allow them to see most of Nintendo's cards and still likely get a jump on the PS4.

The Playstaion Four

Based on Sony's past statements, I assume the PS3 plan was similar to the PSX and PS2 plan - release the console, wait 6 years, release new console and let old console coast for another 3-4 years. That means Sony's plan would have been to release the PS4 in 2012. I'm not sure they can do that. Dropping out early, with a 2011 release, would be a huge risk. They'd be firesaling PS3's, and run a real risk of releasing the next Dreamcast. They need to reestablish their bona fides, and that won't be done by bailing out early. At best, the PS3 will reach mass market price ($199) in 2010, maybe even 2011. They don't want to launch a new console at that point.  Even 2012 could be stepping on the PS3's toes, and Sony really wants to make up the revenue it lost in the early half of the PS3's life. That means letting the PS3 coast for a year or two. However, that's thinking in a vaccuum. While Sony waits, Nintendo and Microsoft will almost surely be getting their consoles out, and that means Sony needs to make the PS4 truly fantastic (from the POV of a typical consumer, not a rabid tech head) or risk getting crowded out of the market fast.  

What makes you think the current economy will still be the current exconomy in 2 years?

Things that make you go HMMMM.

Remember, what (hard/snob)core gamers hate about the Wii is what others like about it.

Quite frankly, I don't see Nintendo putting a DVD player in the Wii because that format may be passe by that point.

Everyone keeps pointing to what the Wii is missing. No one realizes what it has.

My guess is that Nintendo will put out an HD-capable BC console in 2012 ... about the same time as the others. No one is going to be in a hurry in this global economic climate.

Mike from Morgantown

The Wii won't stop selling anytime soon. It'll outsell food. You can quote me on that.
Next gen starts when Nintendo says so, Miyamoto being the Antichrist and all...

Wii-2: november 2011. Why? Well, Ninty actually knows what happens when they decide to pull out a console far after its competitions. Under normal circumstances (if the Wii was on par with PS360) it could be even a year later, but I think that's the max time Ninty will be able to milk the last SD console. It will be stronger than PS3 (about two times) but still will be a weaker console compared to its concurrence, not so much like the Wii compared to PS360 though.

X720: late 2012. Why? MS actually did a good job releasing a console earlier than Sony and so grabbed a huge number of early 7th gen PC tiles like Oblivion or FEAR, for instance. The most safe move would be doing the same again but development costs and the need of a really noticeable difference between 7th and 8th gen will hold the strings of a early launch.

PS4: late 2012. Not much to say, I just concluded they will follow the same path as MS. It will be a weaker and cheaper system than X720.

My predictions lol