| Alby_da_Wolf said: What if Sony and MS wrongfoot Ninty skipping 8th gen altogether? |
Atari tried that.
The 7800 was 3rd Gen, the Jaguar was 5th. It didn't help them in the slightest and they fell out of the console business worse than Sega. They thought to outsmart Nintendo and Sega by releasing a 5th Gen console early. Unfortunately, nobody cared anymore because they took too long and the Saturn, the new Playstation and the N64 completely blew the Jaguar away.
If Microsoft and Sony would skip the 8th Gen and come out in a few years with a 9th Gen system, WiiU's successor would be around the corner again beating them in hardware capability. Unless they wait for such a long time, that WiiU's successor would be released before PS4 and XBox720. By then, chances are that like with Atari, the XBox and Playstation brands would almost be 'forgotten' to the regular people.
Long story short they probably would be caught in a never-ending loop of trailing behind Nintendo.
Granted, the PS3 and X360 are loads more succesfull than the 7800 ever was so the comparison is not exact.
