@Ail, quite the contrary, you say that Sony and MS have no financial motivation to release a new gen, but that's incorrect, Sony and MS have incurred massive losses this gen, losses they will never recoup, even now that slim is selling, its still losing money on hardware, on the other hand, Nintendo is making a profit, massive profits, of the three, they have the least reason to create a new system, even as sales have slowed, they still made the most profit, as for NATAL and the PS3 wand, they aren't going to be successes, they'll just split the base between those who own NATAL and the Wand and those who don't they don't have anything to sell it like Nintendo has with its addons.
Sony and MS will be looking to take advantage of new tech advancements to release new cheaper hardware at either a smaller loss or a profit, and will be looking to oneup their competitors by releasing early.
Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!! Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)
