Will all of the Big 3 survive next generation?

[Jay520]

NintendoPie said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

NintendoPie said:

Andrespetmonkey said:
If anything, maybe either Sony or Nintendo will start to only do software. Microsoft won't die. Nobody will exit the market completely though.

Nintendo will never do only SoftWare, they already said that would never happen. So if they are out, they are out.

Somebody from Nintendo saying it doesn't mean a thing. And IMO they'd be incredibly stupid to not put their IP on other platforms if their financial situation gets to the point where creating new hardware isn't worth the risk. They're IP has tremendous selling potential on other platforms, imagine how much Pokemon or Mario on IOS/Andriod would sell for example. Same applies to Sony. 

Somebody? How about Miyamoto/Reggie/Iwata saying it?

They just wouldn't it, they would drop out if they can't make their own titles for their own systems. I doubt even Sony would want to do that.

I find it worrying that you word your predictions as facts. You don't say "I don't think" or its "its highly unlikely". This would show that you acknowledge that there is a chance, albeit a small one, that you can be wrong. Instead, you say "they just wouldn't". You word it as if there is absolutely no chance that you could be wrong even with the most unpredictable circumstances. It's quite difficult to debate with someone with that mentality.

You speak as if you have some divine knowledge of the future. We all know what Nintendo said, but that doesn't mean their past words will be absolutely representative of their future actions. For an example of a company changing their strategy, look at Sony who shunned motion controls as a fad. Despite saying that, they still created the Move due to unpredictable circumstances