Who would you like to see enter / reenter the console race in the next gen?

[nordlead]

no one.

Nintendo is currently dominating, and Sony/Microsoft are using loss leading tactics (that don't work). For anyone to conceivably legitimately enter the market they either need to beat Nintendo at their own game, or sell super advanced hardware at a loss while buying out 3rd parties. Which only a handful of companies are rich enough to pull that off.

Apple might venture more into portable gaming, but they will probably keep it like the iPhone, not a dedicated system like the DS.

@Impulsivity

To say that Microsoft hasn't brought any innovation to the table is stupid. Despite the fact that Microsoft brought "HD" gaming to the consoles first (not truly an innovation, but a step forward) they brought unified achievements (copied by Sony), unified online (copied by Sony), Halo (sure, you hate it, but it changed console FPS), added media center functionality (copied by Sony), better software development tools with closer PC/XBox for easier development, and finally Natal which is truly a innovation, unlike Sony's Move which is an improvement of the Wii Remote (with WM+).

and no, combining X360 and PS3 isn't how it would work, as a lot of them probably wouldn't even bother with a PS3, or already own one. You can draw your own conclusions out of this - http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090914.html - but it doesn't really support that eliminating one of the consoles would mean that they would all jump to the other.

As for your things to make it better. Blu-Ray doesn't make gaming better. There have only been a handful of games that are actually better on the PS3 because of Blu-Ray. 3D isn't hear yet, nor will it matter for 95% of gamers this generation. Not everyone even has HDTV's yet. built in wireless is "inferior" nor is it necessary, and as for "cutting edge games" that is subjective. Sony hasn't really created that many cutting edge games either (MAG is the most cutting edge they've done).