Will all of the Big 3 survive next generation?

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kowenicki said:

well...

none of them in my opinion.

But if I really really have to pick one then Sony, financial are horrible and will continue to be so, despite what they said in their last end of year report (look at their simply woeful currency predictions -way off). Meaning they will miss their financial targets.... again! If this happens then there is a very real chance they start to break up large parts of the corporation. What that would mean for Playstation? I have no idea.

People keep saying MS just want to have a place in the living room.... but both Sony and MS already left the dedicated console race THIS gen... they sell games machines that are also multimedia devices, next gen they will sell multimedia devices that can also play games...

What they mean is that it's a direction, so in the end, in their eyes, MS has little interest in the dedicated gaming market. That was just to get a foot in the door. So in the end, if the gaming aspect of their hub living room machine fades away it's no biggie.

And this has to do with OP because this ties in with MS's CURRENT (gen 8) plans for the nextbox to have a big emphasis on streaming and digital content, above and beyond just games.

HTH