@Jlauro: "There will never be only one standard. Too boring, no room for innovation... at best there may be a leading format for a decade, and if it's lucky it will continue to be the lading for the next, etc..."

A valid thought process, but one thing: the movie industry hasn't stayed the same always, either. We had VHS for about 15 years, then shifted to DVD. Also, the console industry does this anyway, with each major manufacturer coming up with a new and improved format LESS than a decade later. So, forgive me, but I'm not sure what you're trying to show?

I was being generous, and said at *best* a decade... not typical... how long as PS2 been a standard format? and it still is....

 Just trying to show that a standard will never last long or be a single standard for something as specialized as video games.

Not if Nintendo keeps selling like this. You know Sony or Microsoft aren't going to give in anytime soon.