Prediction: The PS4 will debut Christmas 2011, while third-party support for the PS3 will drop off sharply after Q1 2009. From this news, it seems as though the PS4 will simply be a more powerful PS3, probably with a motion controller. The Xbox 720 will debut in the same year, and be both less powerful and cheaper, also with a Wiimote-like controller.
Meanwhile, Nintendo will continue to ride the Wii wave and debut the Wii 2 with built-in MotionPlus technology and full Wii BC in 2012. Most next-gen multiplatform games will be Wii2/X720.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
