Microsoft wants to be first on the market with their next console

[jheco05]

I believe Nintendo will release a major hardware revision only and will keep the Wii a little longer. PS3 doesn't need one. Their strategy is for a decade and that should work well. Hence, Microsoft probably already foresees that they will be thord this gen. If they releases their next console in 1 to 2 years from now a lot of XBOX 360 owners will be pissed.