Realistically, since we have no confirmed information on the Wii U and we have far less information on the other next generation consoles, can we stop this moronic discussion on which console will be more powerful?
With how this past generation played out it is highly likely that each manufacturer is going to adjust/change their strategy to increase sales, improve profits and/or attract third party support.
Hypothetically speaking, if Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft were given the opportunity to re-do this generation I wouldn't be surprised to see Nintendo release a system that was 2 to 4 times as powerful as the Wii to attract more (cross platform) third party support, Microsoft to release a system that was 50% to 75% as powerful as the XBox 360 was to reduce upfront losses and eliminate the RROD, and Sony to release a drastically less "technically impressive" console to get the system's sale price down to $300 to $400.
The "Baggage" of what companies should have done will weigh heavily on their minds when they're planning for the next generation. Nintendo probably thought that the Gamecube struggled because it was so similar to the PS2 and XBox (from a hardware perspective) and focused on making a system that was drastically different than the competition, Microsoft was probably motivated by all of the struggles they had with hardware suppliers and noticed how well Nintendo's strategy with the Gamecube worked out for them and adopted Nintendo's approach, and Sony may have thought that the success of the PS2 meant that duplicating the approach but making everything "better" was a way to increase their success.
Why I bring this up is it seems like people are assuming that each company will take the exact same approach and end up with the exact same results as we had in this generation. I just don't see this as being likely ...
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