Microsoft's next console will be released first probably in 2010. A Wii HD which is basically the Wii but able to play Wii games in HD will be released around the same time. While no more powerful than the current Wii yet able to outpout all Wii games in HD, Wii HD will cost $250.00. A PS3 model will be more powerful yet carry the same price at the time and Sony will probably have their own motion controller on the market at the same time.
Most exclusive development for the 360 will stop when the Nextbox is released in 2010 with Gears 3 being the Nextbox's most anticipated launch title, other publishers demonstrating what they can do on the system, and Microsoft wanting to get the system's marketshare up so they can have at least one model down to the $299.99 price point by the launch of Gears 3. The Nextbox will have a price of about $400 to $500 at launch as it will be designed to be so technologically powerful that PC graphics cards will have to wait a year or two to be able to pass it with their price and technological prowess.
The PS3 will be much more technologically advanced than the Wii HD and much cheaper than the Nextbox (allowing the PS3 to have a great two years being the medium between those two consoles. The PS4 won't be released until the same time as Nintendo releases their next console following the Wii HD (the Super Wii or Wii Advanced? sometime between 2012 and 2015) which will be a couple of years into the Nextbox's lifespan and when Nextbox's price gets down into the $200-300.00 price range.
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