I just thought I might add, this generation has the best chance of bucking the trend of one dominant console. The simple reason is almost every time, the first console out of the gates get an unassailable lead and has complete developer support by the time the rest of the group are out. This time we have the 360 out first and while it's following the same path as other consoles previously, it completely flopped in Japan. As such, the support from American companies hoping to sell to American gamers is there, but Japan makes a lot of games and won't really back the 360. We may even see 360 win in US, lose in Japan and Europe is anyone's guess, but I'd say they're likely to lose there too except in some countries. So I think in the end the 360 will get a larger userbase than the Xbox, the Wii will get a larger userbase than the Gamecube, and the PS3 will get a smaller userbase than the PS2. There will most likely be one clear winner though, and it will be by a fairly large lead (perhaps double the next console) but there's no way we're going to see the complete domination of last generation by any console.
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