i was born when the original 2600 was released!

i think they did something similar with the Genesis (not the portable one)...

I think holiday 2013 is good timing for new console launches. By that time, they should be able to show a marked difference in graphics technology compared to the current gen. If they can launch with games that looked as good as Watch Dogs, Crysis 3, and Star Wars 1313 did at E3, it'll be pretty groovy.  I expect Sony and Microsoft to try and hold off as long as possible for a 2014 launch, though.  The definitely want to milk as much profit out of their current boxes as they can.

You dont get it, the mass market is not going to bite this time, a graphical leap is not going to be enough to catch peoples atention out of the usual suspects...Sony and Microsoft should come up with something way more revolutionary to make the system appealing to non gamers, which are the biggest percentage of consumers this gen (and im talking about HD consoles)

If you count the 3DS, which I plan on getting on August 19th, then yes, I can wait forever

I think that the bigger the leap in graphics the more people will want it. I don't want them to change it up to much. I want better graphics some more options with achievements. Maybe a open world where you can spend achievement points and dress up your place or apartment. Maybe that can be it, something that will attract people who have Xbox live accounts. You stay in a appartment and  your friends and you can meet up at the pool. You could buy cool dive moves or play different mini games that have to do with the pool room. however people can see your achievements the same as they are now but if they want they can visit your apartment and check out your most charished game achievements. Maybe you can move up to cooler parts of the apartment once you achieve so many points. I think kinect was enough for me, I'm sick of all the casual sh-t and I'm sure most are too. The next gen will be more about graphics then gimmicks. You could be right but I think Nintendo has got this area covered and I don't think the next gen is going to produce the next big thing. That is still about 10-20 years out. THen we will have home entertainment divices you could sit in. I'm just rambling. However I think leave the casual stuff to nintendo and focuse on hardcore for the twins. I get you are more into the nintendo theme but I love the hardcore and like the option to go play the nintendo.

I kind of wish Microsoft would have launched their next console this year with Halo 4 as a launch title.

It would have been amazing to have a new console with a Halo 4, Forza, new IPs, and major third party games (the futuristic COD game that was shown at E3 this year would have been mind blowing on next generation hardware).

Me.
This generation feels very long in the tooth; there hasn't been anything really exciting for a while now, and we've seen pretty much everything these systems can do.
Next gen cannot come soon enough. I want to be wowed again.

Battlefield 3, Witcher 2, Metro 2033 and StarCraft 2 say hi.

The mass market has been used up. The masses will not be crawling to the gaming industry after the Wii and Kinect exhausted it. It will be a slow burn and eventually they will come back. This is why Nintendo is going for the core. Sony and Microsoft don't need to casualize anything, but we know Microsoft will continue with the Kinect since they are trying to take over the living room with their cable box.

Not really that blown away by any particular exclusives (for either 360 or ps3) coming in the next 6-12 months but am pumped for some of the third party stuff. This has definitely been the gen for big explosions and not much else and if that's all there is next gen (bigger and better explosions) I'm not in any great hurry to get there.
I feel this gen COULD STILL have a good 2-3 years left in it if the support is there...I know that aint gonna happen but...y'know...Just saying.