Predicting the Next-Gen: The Future of PS4 and X3ox

[DanneSandin]

CCFanboy said:

runqvist said:

That sounds like wishful thinking. Microsoft will play ball with their next gen console and I wish that they get their japanese competitors out of business. Sadly, that is not likely to happen but MS is in position to hurt them both. Badly.

Hardly wishful thinking but it is a bold prediction on my part. Microsoft is only in the position they are now because of mistakes sony made. Microsoft did everything right but it was sony's ingenious idea to price themselves out of the mainstream market that caused microsoft to become so popular. Sony have had two sluggish launches to learn from. Microsoft have less expirience in this market then the others do.

They will seize the us market by storm. They have everything that market wants. But you need to consider that they won't only be fighting a much more determined sony this time. Nintendo made some crucial errors with wii. Mistakes that have now been corrected. Nintendo have made the best possible use of the time they have as well. By the time the others get here nintendo may be too far ahead there for the others to catch up.

The siginificance of that? All the japanese pubs will be knocking on wii u's door first.

While I do agree that MS owes their success due to Sony's fuck ups, I'm not too sure that Nintendo has fully understood the Wii's mistake. Wii U doesn't quite seem like next gen... Only time will tell if it'll hold its own against PS720.

What I think will be interesting to see is the launch of PS720, and how they will sell. Is MS's fortune STILL tied to the successes/failures of SOny?? Will Sony recover from this gens losses and how will WIi U fare against stronger consoles??