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Gilgamesh on 18 July 2010
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RolStoppable said:
Gilgamesh said:

You assume to much Rol.

Every gen is different anything can happen, wouldn't surprise me if the 3DS bombed and another handheld came and stole the handheld crown from Nintendo.

And I highly doubt Sony is going to do the same this this gen for next gen, as we all seen the first couple years of the PS3 was not the best launch for a video game console. Sony will likely go back to there roots like they did with the PSOne and PS2, come out with something affordable at launch with some cool new features and awesome games.

Microsoft is taking a complete different leap with Kinect, who knows maybe that'll be a hit and the X720 will be based completely off that.

Like I said every gen is different, anything can happen and you can't predict nothing.

I've been waiting for you, Mr. Anything Can Happen. I'll give you a dose of anything can happen.

After the 3DS announcement Sony is so shocked that they retreat from the handheld market. After Move and Kinect bomb hard Sony and Microsoft are both at a loss on how they could possibly compete with Nintendo and refrain from launching successors to their current home consoles, because if they can't be #1 in this market, then it's pointless to pursue the idea of controlling the living room. All this is plausible, because... well, anything can happen.

Sony can't go back to their roots as long as Microsoft is around. The PlayStation brand defined itself through being the exclusive home to many popular games. That's not going to happen again anytime soon.

Don't know why people are expecting the 3DS to keep the handheld crown again for another generation when no one knows the competition it's rather ridiculous if I do say so myself. That's like in early 2005 some people can say the X360 is going to be the console leader because it's got good graphics and Live, and yet they know nothing about the PS3 or Wii yet, see makes no sense. Wait and see what Sony's offering first and then we'll judge.

The PSP was Sony's first handheld, they learn a lot from it and what to improve to make it better, the PSP2 is only going to be that much better, and now that Sony knows what there competition is they can do whatever they want to make it that much better then the 3DS. 

The Playstation brand is still defined through it's big games, Sony has the most first party studios then any other gaming company and they constantly pump out AAA games, Playstation is still known to have the best games, just not as much as they use to (third party games). Microsoft is moving in a different direction the Sony and Nintendo anyway with Kinect, (here's another anything can happen line) hell next gen it could be Nintendo and Microsoft competing and Sony in a different group all together or Sony and Nintendo competing and Microsoft being in a different audience. You never know :)

@HappySqurriel, You don't know that, maybe people were actually buying the Wii for the Motion control instead of price, no one knows that so you can't assume price is the main decider for the market leader (but it sometimes is).