Lets face it nobody expected the revolution that was the wii and nobody knows whats coming next. Nintendo always seem to be the great innovators on systems, if the wii does manage to continue its current success it seems almost certain that all future gen consoles will be motion sensitive. Nintendo has rarely failed in innovation (GC was a failure because it DIDNT innovate enough) and that seems to be what has won them a large amount of console wars. Im really looking foward to see what feature, if any, the next nintendo console will sport.
@Davy, I think if we follow Moore's law if Sony decides to skip a generation the ps3 will be hugely underpowered in comparison to everything in that gen. Has any console ever been close to the power of the next generation?. PS2 is underpowered compared to the current generation and it keeps selling for two reasons, a game library thats massive and a low price. If the PS3 manages to ramp in 2008 it may be able to pull those off but I get the feeling that if they leave it any longer they simply wont be able to reduce manufacturing costs and get the support of enough developers.
I cant really see why Wii would have the massive slow down you predict, Im currently backing them as odds on to win this generation largely because the general population (which is what Wii targets) dont care about graphics in the slightest, they have no idea what a game is meant to look like. The Wii's only real weakness is that it lacks the hardware to produce the graphics that the X360 and the PS3 can manage (which to a gamer is quite a large weakness) yet if its target market cant spot this weakness then... who knows?
