I doubt any will jump in directly. I do think though with the cost of being a console company being so high and the risk being amazingly large that you might see more partnerships being developed between companies that are interested in the market. Ones that strike me as obvious are companies like AMD or Intel trying to partner with a console manufacturer. They invest a fair amount in the project and in return get some part of the profits from licensing at the same time they are pushing for their chips to be used in the console allowing them to sell their core products to a wider market. I figure that you will see some other possible combinations with the convergence of consoles, TV, and internet making a variety of interested partnerships.
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