XBOX 720 - announced at E3 09 Releases Fall 2010 ( 360 dies almost immediately) 400$

Wii 2 - announced E3 09 Releases Late Fall 09 ( Wii still sells well well into mid of next gen) 250$

PS4 - announced E3 2012 Releases Fall 2014 ( PS3 sells like PS2 Vs. 360 then continues lower end PS2 sales into PS4s third year ) 300$

Its actually just next gen, as current gen is Wii, PS3, and 360. There was no need for that. When people say "next gen" consoles right now they probably mean in terms of power which is silly but whatever. As for the question I have no comment.

@ zucas

haha, sorry for wasting your time like that.

I have a feeling Nintendo is already secretly hard at work on a new console that will be able to compete on a graphical front next gen. This may just be wishful thinking, but I think it would be feasible: If they hammered down a design now, they have oodles of extra cash they could put into R&D. Of course, they wouldn't do A TON of R&D right now, but over the years they could get it down to $250-$350 price range when it launched.

Again, probably just wishful thinking, but it has some basis for truth. As we can tell by the radical price drops, if Sony had launched the PS3 a year or two later like they wanted to, they would have easily been able to start at a $399 price point or lower.



I think Sony will realize it was a mistake to let the competition launch first, and will do their best to have PS4 ready before the competition's machines are out. In fact, I think this generation has been a real eye-opener as to how important launching first is--I think that when the first manufacturer announces their console's release date, the other two (or three if there's a noobie) will be out within three months.


I see announcements in 2011-12, and releases the following year.

You really think that the PS3 can be competitive against the next-generation of consoles?

In 4 years can you imagine the GPU's available to MS and Nintendo.  There's no way PS3 will be able to offer the same kind of experience.

I think this gen is going to last longer than what some are predicting. Think of third party developers. Its risky enough making a 40 million game this gen but what about next gen? Will 60 million become the norm? Even if MS does decide to pull a fast one agian i dont think 3rd parties will go with them, not immediatley at least. They are just now figuring out how to program the ps3 and if ms is making money off he 360 why would they want to divert attention away from it?

 Not disagreeing with your predictions or anything like that. But launching 1st doesn't always guaranty a winner. Look at the genesis, saturn, and dreamcast.... Now that I think about it, maybe it's just a sega thing.

>In 4 years can you imagine the GPU's available to MS and Nintendo. There's no way PS3 will be able to offer the same kind of experience.


like how PS2 competed with GC and Xbox? Both of them have better graphical power (xbox has more than twice of PS2's graphical power), What Sony needs now is install base, not more powerful console

All between 2010 and 2012 for sure and 250- 350 dollars.

720-2011 $599
Ps4-2012 $599
Uss-2014 $199

Nintedo will stretch out the Wii as long as possible, because Sony and MS won't be able to compete with it, there will be a release of more high powered systems in 2011 and 12 from Sony and MS, with motions controls, but too high to snatch from the Wii at first, so Nintendo will wait and release atotally dsiruptive tech in 2014 for under $200 stealing the market again