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thismeintiel on 15 May 2011
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brendude13 said:
thismeintiel said:

Actually, I see the PS3 outselling the 360 before Project Cafe launches.  And the PS3 outselling the 360 will be very meaningful at this point.  It will mean Sony has the best momentum going into next gen.  And taking in account that Sony is very doubtful to make the same mistake next gen, it will only help them even more.  I think next gen we may very see the return of the PS brand being on top.  Plus, it's pretty good to be able to outsell your competition when they've had a SKU $100 cheaper than your cheapest SKU for over a year.

I also don't see Project Cafe having much successas the Wii.  If rumors are true, it will be more powerful to the PS3, but the graphics will still be comparable.  More like Nintendo is just playing catch up graphically.  If this is the case, more people will just stick with the cheaper PS3 and 360, and not even feel as if the next gen has truly started.

I hate the fact that Nintendo keep going against the grain, it doesn't help that the consoles have varying power, but if Nintendo release Project Cafe early then SONY and MS are going to need to kill off their systems prematurely.

It is kinda similar to what the Dreamcast did, but that console was just so awesome =). But this isn't 1999, my wallet is going to be completely raped.

Well, going against the grain helped them this gen.  Motion gaming was just different and appealing enough to bring in a lot of casuals for Nintendo.  But next gen, that won't help them because MS and Sony will both motion gaming right off the bat, not 4-5 years later. 

And Cafe will only force MS and Sony kill off their systems if it is hugely successful at launch.  I don't see it initially being that big, since when it releases it will probably cost $150-$200 more than the cheapest PS3/360 SKU, while most of its games will be made up of slightly better looking ports.  Even if it is successful, I think Sony and MS were already shooting for a 2013/2014 launch for their next consoles.