Nintendo WiiU could be a problem if it gets hot, but the xbox brand being big in two country just can't beat a global brand like the Playstation.

You don't call a race before it even starts, I don't care how fast someone ran in qualifying.

Anyway, who cares. I think the pie will be split close enough to even to not really matter.

If Sony doesn't get there shite together and seal Titanfall for sometime shortly after the XBO release, that will cause some serious problems for them. Titanfall will be such a system seller for XBO that it would be worth it for Sony to put one of their own teams in charge of porting it to ps4.

Sony also has to stop laying down and dying when it comes to advertising/deals in US and Europe. MS is doing what it always does: getting deals and advertising itself with the biggest third party games--COD, BF4, Titanfall, Fifa--to make XBO feel like the coolest console. Still, after 10 yrs, Sony still hasn't learned MS's tendencies enough to get one step ahead of them for once. These 4 games/deals alone will be major gamechangers if Sony doesn't step in and disrupt them somehow (committing to advertising these games with ps4 logo at the end, making a Fifa bundle in Europe, sealing Titanfall, etc.)

I think you summed it up quite well, Soundwave. I agree 100%. The only rabbits MS can pull out of the hat at this point are a $100 price cut (very painful but they've got truckloads of cash that I bet they'd be willing to burn in an effort to not lose market share to Sony)  or some major exclusive coup, like NFL Sunday Ticket only on Xbox.

On that last point....stay tuned (no pun intended). I note that Sunday Ticket is no longer available on PS3 for the upcoming season and recent tv ads tout Xbox One as "the offical console of the NFL".  This would be a huge feather in MS's cap if they can pull it off. The NFL loves money and MS has plently of it to throw around.  But on the other hand, any such NFL deal will only really help Xbox sales in North America.

I certainly think they will. Although the competition will do good as well.

Nintendo is not going to eliminate the Wii U early. The system will get its 5 years at the least.

I think that Sony has done a good job of addressing the issues that the PS3 suffered from its early years, namely its relatively late launch (compared to Microsoft), its price, and the early difficulty that many developers encountered with the cell (one of the famous critics was Gabe Newell). This time around, Sony announced before Microsoft (both the PS4's reveal, as well as the actual release date), priced the PS4 much more competitively, and have continually stressed that the console is easy to develop for (utilizing small, independent developers to exemplify how easy it is to create content for the system).

With that said, it's far too early to call a victor because I wouldn't count Nintendo or Microsoft out, not by a long shot.

I think you need to check 3DS lows and highs again. Not only did it never reach these lows it isnt even selling enough to be able to outpace and reach a market leader. In another 2 and a half years (5 year life span) i expect it to be about 50mil. Considering the Wii U will most likely have 5 years and is lower then the 3ds by a fairl hefty margin i dont expect Wii U to reach 50Mil let alone 3Ds levels like you suggest. 6Months later and nintendo still isnt where they expected theyd be. I stand by my statement. No more than 50mil for Wii U LT and no less than 50Mil for ps4 LTt this point in time

Calm down. Where did he say Sony "never has to do a thing"? You're just putting words in his mouth at this point.

spemanig said: I still think the PS4 will be in last place this gen. Nintendo will be first. Microsoft second. Once January hits, the games will begin, and the Sony hasn't been practicing very well.

Uhm what? To both things. Care to elaborate on your reasoning behind the big 3 end of the gen standings? 

And what does "Sony hasn't been practicing very well" even mean?