Next -Gen to be even more tied than this one?

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Aprisaiden said:
@Avinash_Tyagi - nobody predicted the Wii would be so successful. Even Nintendo has been amazed by its sales.

As for next-gen it really depends on what all 3 bring to the market. The Winner will be the company that is able to balance power/cost/software/consumer awareness. Id say that Nintendo are in the best position but both Microsoft and SONY are in a good position to invest in more powerful hardware that will be competitively priced. (think $399 PS4/720 vs. $250 Wii2).

What you have to understand is that Nintendo's success was not due to some random unforeseen circumstance (like an earthquake that cant be predicted).

It was purely their strategy and the market, both of which are completey analyzable and can be dissected.

That 'no one' (apart from Maelstrom) believed that nintendo would be a success is proof of a lack of understanding of the market.

That Maelstrom believed they would be a success, and his belief was based on business strategy and market, is proof that the 'analysts' aren't good at what they do.