@Sayair,
Sony was explicit in their statements. "We will not ask our consumers to make another investment in 5 to 6 years, which is why we feel the price of the PS3 is a worthwhile investment." That might not be the exact wording but its damn close.
With that said I fully expect that they are lying through their teeth. Just as they have with several other things (rumble, price cuts, launch availability, etc...).
As for the article, what they are talking about there is very different from any of the consoles on the market right now. So given the PS3's investment in new architecture and planned life span, I don't see how anyone could say this direction is just as bad for the 360. The 360 is designed with the current architecture in mind and thus no new expense was needed to engineer those aspects of it, no loss there. And MS is planning to release a new console almost certainly within the next 5 years, putting them in a good position to take advantage of this as/if it becomes available.
The impact to the Wii is pretty much identical to the 360. With the possible exception that Nintendo seems to be focused on lower price points currently and depending on how things play out, if the technology takes off Nintendo could take advantage of lowering technology prices.
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