@ procratino: Sorry I think you are ignoring things and hoping for a much rosier future for HD sytems than will actually happen
I never said prices drop for no reason, I said MS will price drop, and MS will gladly take a Hit on NATAL to push it out, they can afford it, so Sony will have to keep pace, and that will result in prices being lower by next fall.
HD doesn't affect Wii sales, sorry, but nothing thr HD consoles have done or HD TV penetration has affected Wii sales, Wii sales are down due to weaker software lineups. Increased HDTV won't affect Wii. However trends are not as favorable for the HD systems, both are going to be declining in sales, along the same trends that hardcore systems have declined in the past.
Unlikely, as long as Nintendo continues to outsell and outprofit the competition they won't release a new console, they'll hold off knowing that the longer they wait the larger their profit margin will be on the next gen due to lower costs.
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)
