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Honestly why debate the technical merits. That is not the reality of this situation. The reality is this we are seeing the bigger dick philosophy at work. Which I assure you the many Sony fans on this site would attest too if they were not terribly biased, and too self righteous to admit that it was exactly what they were thinking when the PS3 launched.

What I am talking about is the correlation between storage capacity and the size of ones dick. A large legion of consumers can only make this correlation in respect to technology. That is what will drive this technology into the next consoles. The ability to look at a machine and say this runs a media that stores ten times more then this. Thus if I buy it then my dick will be ten times bigger then the guy who buys the other one. That means I am a more powerful person.

They want to think that they will kick the other guy into a prone position, and dick whip his face into utter humiliation. Reality be damned. The very need be damned. This exact same thing happened this generation. I want those that bought a PS3 to honestly question some of their motivation. That extra storage that only plays out in a relative handful of games was a real motivator for you. Functionality or use do not matter when it comes to the bigger dick philosophy which is what these industries rely upon.

That said I will say the following. Sony has no choice in this question period. They pillaged their savings for the PS3, will have suffered a recession, and have leveraged and borrowed themselves to the hilt. Simply put they no longer have the cash to loss lead. Hell they will need to sell their next console at a significant profit. Which means they are going to cling to their format. Probably not the architecture mind you. The Cell has far too few buyers which doesn't allow for cost cutting. Off the shelf technology will be cheaper.

Microsoft on the other hand has all the incentive. They too are a loss leader. The difference is they have a dominant market position, have a strong online service, and have subscriptions. Which means they have the money to burn, and it means they can take the last ground left to Sony. They will want the technological superiority with no doubt attached, and that means not just the same drive, but a more powerful one. Microsoft isn't going to let Sony be. They have every intention of crushing them out of the market. Beating Sony on all points is the way to do that.

Remember Microsoft doesn't want to coexist with Sony. They want to destroy Sony to remove the threat permanently. So with the money they will have they will take the last audience that Sony might have a solid hand on, and that would be the hardware heads.