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I imagine Nintendo will be the first to market in early or mid 2012.  The 'Super Wii' will probably be about 2.5x as powerful as the PS3, using a proprietary format based off of HD-DVD or Blu Ray to store games.  I imagine an integrated online system with one single friend code for each hardware.  I also expect Saturn/Dreamcast/Gamecube games to arrive on the next gen Virtual Console and WiiWare to have a significantly higher size limit (1GB?)

I think the other two consoles will be launched slightly later in 2013, they will be about 3-4x as powerful as the PS3, meaning there is a graphical gap between the 'Super Wii' and the others but not as big as this gen.  I think both will have a moderate level of motion control integrated.

 

I also expect the industry to become more polarised - with Japan primarily supporting the 'Super Wii' and handhelds and the West supporting PS4 and 720.