this thread is funny.
None of the HD-twins will crash and burn. MS sold 20 Million consoles, which is not that bad. Should be reaching the gamecube in the next 3 months or something. It will top the first Xbox by something around 15 million units at the end of the lifetime, which is not bad either. Well and MS just start making money with the Xbox360. Xbox-brand starts to grow and Microsoft finally made the step towards people's living-room. That was their target and they made it or are doing it right now.
And Sony? Well they had to suffer some losses, but they are selling pretty okay at this point. They got a huge and worthful brand, why the hell should they drop one of the biggest brands in the whole entertainment industry? okay, they won't top the PS2, but the PS2 is the biggest benchmark you can find.
The market is big enough for all three competitors.
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...