Why PS4 won't be cutting edge, and neither will Xbox3 - or Why Nintendo might win next gen

[DanneSandin]

Soundwave said:

People keep saying this, but I don't see Microsoft cooperating. They still have a ton of money in their bank account.

They will go for a very powerful chipset, if for no other reason than to force Sony to either move out of the market or surrender another large chunk of their userbase.

Nintendo is just this kind of quirky, Japanese company that does it's own thing and MS knows that, but Sony tries to do the exact same thing as MS, and MS is not going to take pity on them just because they're broke. Quite the opposite if Microsoft's past is any indication.

This is what Microsoft wanted after all is it not? They got into the game business to break the Playstation brand because Sony would not cooperate and put Windows on Playstation. Well ... Microsoft, here's your chance to deliver the killing blow.

I agree with you. Completely.

MS won't take pity on SOny and doesn't really care about Nintendo. And that's why they won't win next gen if they keep on doing things this way. If they make an über console (skipping Xbox3 and going right at Xbox4) moste developers are gonna focus on Nintendo and Sony. Sony won't be able to compete against MS this time around, and PS4 will therefore be closer to WiiU specs and power wise. It'll be the 7th gen in reverse: ÜberBox far a head of WiiStation. Which one(S) do you think developers will focus on? ONE console or TWO?

We all know a lot of Nintendo fans was forced to by a PS360 so that they could get 3rd party titles (well, GOOD 3rd party titles). This gen, if Sony is on par with WiiU, Nintendo fans won't buy two consoles - and this will lead 3rd party developers to develop games for WiiU as well; they'll be serving 2 consoles equel in power. If this happens Xbox is gonna get ports that doesn't utilize it's ful power, meaning MS has thrown money away.

Go a head I say. Do it.