@jstam,
I will let Bodhesatva give you a full responce, but I would like to chime in and say I think it is unlikely that several of these 3rd party companies would want to make a console and I don't know that they could handle the burden for the development of a console (it is crazy expensive to do prototyping). But I wouldn't rule out working together to help shape future console landscapes in their favor, although I am not sure how likely it is.








