The entire gaming market is about 200 million users, so you are expecting absolutely everyone to buy 1.1 consoles on average?  I don't know how anyone can seriously think that a single console will sell more than 150 million units in the next generation...

johnlucas is predicting that the PS4 and ONE will flop so badly, that Microsoft and Sony withdraw from the market, leaving the Wii U as the only home console choice for gamers.  Go back to the beginning and see the context for the prediction. johnlucas also feels, that if Microsoft and Sony both withdraw, Nintendo will also go unharmed AND no one else will bother to enter the market vacated by Microsoft and Sony.  He sees Value's efforts as merely a possible home console, which he says they won't release.

There is a TON of low probability things for johnlucas to be right about the Wii U hitting 240 million lifetime.

The entire gaming market is about 200 million users, so you are expecting absolutely everyone to buy 1.1 consoles on average?  I don't know how anyone can seriously think that a single console will sell more than 150 million units in the next generation...

What the WiiU? I've taken mine apart and put it back together, I know a fair bit about the system.

I have reason to believe that in terms of real world performance the console will be able to get comparable performance to the x86 structure architectures since they all appear to have access to the same types of engines and modern feature sets, its a platform that devs will either learn to code for, and get better at it due to the more hands on approach (but still smooth process) of porting games to it, optomizing on it will take an earnest dev though. It wont let you be lazy with it.

It'd take some serious budget to make technical marvels on the PS4 that are clearly above what a maximum optomized build for the WiiU using CryEngine3

The structure type is one thats a little underwhelming to be honest , but Im more interested in what MS/Sony's customizations with it will be able to achieve. X86 has some key glaring issues in terms of performance.  The numbers game here doesnt really tell us much.

johnlucas is predicting that the PS4 and ONE will flop so badly, that Microsoft and Sony withdraw from the market, leaving the Wii U as the only home console choice for gamers.  Go back to the beginning and see the context for the prediction. johnlucas also feels, that if Microsoft and Sony both withdraw, Nintendo will also go unharmed AND no one else will bother to enter the market vacated by Microsoft and Sony.  He sees Value's efforts as merely a possible home console, which he says they won't release.

There is a TON of low probability things for johnlucas to be right about the Wii U hitting 240 million lifetime.

I can see Sega re-entering the hardware market and giving another go with an futuristic controller like the WiiMote+Nunchuck & Gamepad, but something unique from those 2 of course.