the technology aspects will increase... no doubt about that. assuming nintendo's next console will also sell for the $200-$300 range in 2011 or 2012, it will be more powerful than the ps3. and then in 2017 or 2018, for $200, the next one will be, what, like 15-50 (made up number, seems reasonable to me) times more powerful than the ps3. So they'll all be powerful in the next 2 generations; I think the focus will be on "HOW we play video games".
You Spoony Bard!