What you stated shows Playstation was the biggest name in gaming and it doesn't mean it is still the case now.

Mariah Carey is still making Top 10 hits and selling decent number of records. However, it doesn't mean she is still the biggest female name in music today because she is the best selling female artist in the recording history.

this has nothing to do with the what is being talked about. There are hundreds of femal singers. Car was talking about 2 companies, WW companies to add. One of which, has made two consoles sell over 100 mill. and so on...

Hrm... I'm going to say Nintendo based on historical trends. Observe:

Pong and 2600- Atari
NES and SNES- Nintendo
PS1 and PS2- Sony
Wii and ???- Nintendo

Every winner has held the top console for 2 gens at a time thus far. But the game for the PS5/Wii3/X1080 is still up in the air.

If Sony gets it right with the PS4 meaning: reasonable price, good marketing, good launch lineup, 3D and motion controls then I think PS4 will be the leader next gen with no problem. Of course they will have to put up strong software throughout the generation like they've done this gen. Keep those new IP's coming Sony!

The only way I see the Wii 2 taking next gen is if they get the price advantage and have a strong first year software wise (a main series mario game as well as maybe zelda). Motion controls won't be new anymore next gen and Sony is going hard at 3D so it will be tough for Nintendo can out-innovate anybody next gen.

I think the only way the Nextbox will win next gen is if it gets the price advantage and MS goes very hard at getting exclusives. Oh and FFS make a reliable console please, another RRoD type thing will kill Microsoft next gen. I think the Nextbox has to be at least $50 cheaper than the PS4 and equal to or lower than the Wii 2. Also Xbox needs more exclusives; keep making good Halo games, lock up the lifetime rights to Gears of War/Left4Dead/Mass Effect and maybe buy some 3rd party exclusives like the next gen version(s) of GTA, Call of Duty or something of that magnitude. Also it wouldn't hurt to buy a couple developers like Rockstar, Insomniac, Valve or something.

Chairman-Mao, why do you think core-value games would be the deciding factor next gen? They haven't been the most important games this gen, after all, except for NSMBWii.

Sony and Microsoft have equal chances of winning, but for different reasons. They need to awaken to the new software values, and seem to be approaching these ideas from severely different angles. Taken properly, the "ideology" of Natal could set Microsoft up well, but Sony needs to severely revise their approach with Move as we know it if they want a shot at it, but Sony's been good at grabbing the mainstream before, the issue is that they need to figure out how to get their first party software out in the mainstream again

If Sony and Microsoft fail to co-opt Nintendo in their next consoles, the only way they could succeed is if Nintendo fails to innovate at all, and bursts the casual bubble itself, then wallows in defeat.

Long story short, Sony and Microsoft have to come up with something huge. If they stick to their current plans, they have to rely on Nintendo to screw up quite badly.

Too early to tell

It's way to early to tell man, I mean game devs have stated they want this gen to last a long time. I mean modern day games are FAR from cheap to make. Next gen titles would only increase the cost of the games. I mean you really want to spend 70 USD on a game?

anything is possible next round. there were so many things I didn't expect this time.

The hardware is irrelevant in the next generation. If it works, great then you can forget it even exists. It doesn't matter how many cores or how fast the console is, its about how good the user experience is. The console manufacturer whom can craft the best user experience will be the one who will win. The thing is, third parties will hand a lot of that to Nintendo on a platter, whatever Nintendo does will get the full attention of third parties and they have all the really big exclusive franchises from this generation to themselves. Sony has jack squat and Microsoft has ditto in comparison. Nintendo has all the natural advantages and all they have to do is reclaim their prize.