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

[DanneSandin]

JayWood2010 said:

I see what you are saying and all but unless sony and microsoft really tried then they will make a pretty decent jump over the WiiU. It wont be as big as the wii vs ps360 but it will still be different. Let me put it this way. let's say hypothetically the Wii is a 2 in power. Well then the 360 would be a 5 and the ps3 a 5.5. Does that sound about correct? Ok now let's move on to the WiiU. Likely itll be pushing a 7 by the end of its life so that is 1.5 more powerful. Well if that is true then ps4 would likely an 8-9 as well as the 720. Why because both of them with current technology will probably be at least a 1.5x increase.

Scrap all that for a second though. The one thing you did get spot on was the Sony and Kinect issues. Sony PS1 and PS2 were pretty weak in power but were very successful. PS3 had a different strategy and was pretty much a failure until it's later years. Now they are financially unstable and have dropped down to AA status along with the strong yen. Likely this will cause them to cut on hardware. Kinect 2.0 will be bundled most likely and yes that will keep it's hardware from going up too much as well which is why I think we won't see as big of a leap as we did this gen.

Alrighty then... I don't quite know what to reply to here :p But going by your numbers there (Wii:2, PS360: 5, Wii U: 7, PS720: 8-9) I think it's safe to say that Wii U will receive pretty decent ports when next gen is in full swing. I mean, just take a look at the 6th gen. PS2 were the number "2" - as Wii was this last gen. But that didn't mean PS2 got crappy ports of GC games, now did it? I think this gen will be something similar to that.

Now when 3rd party games isn't exclusive I don't think consoles from Sony and MS can ever be close to power next to a Nintendo console again. Just take a look at PS3 and Xbox360; they are VERY close sales wise, and there's really only 2 things that differentiate them from each other: 1st party games and Blu ray. Had Wii been more on par with these two systems I'm sure we would have seen a situation closer to PS1 and PS2 dominance.

MS can go all out with super specs and Kinect 2.0 for the x3ox, but can Sony do the same for PS4? I don't think we'll see a console over $400 next gen, and to squeeze enough power into that box blowing Wii U out of the waters...? It'll be enough to look better than Wii U, but will it be enough hinder good ports?