I kind of want to give him some sort of medal.

Oh, I don't do anything special. I just study history, learn trends and patterns, come to understand underlying systems of behaviour, and then apply what I've learned to the present and predictions for the future. Anybody can do it, really.

Isn't this kind of what's said in the "everyone goes for the blonde" analogy in "A Beautiful Mind"?

I don't really see what was so spectacular about Sky Render's comment especially in light of my earlier comment that if both Sony and Microsoft removed their consoles from the market someone else ie. Sega could enter the market with a console that was just as powerful as the Wii that would cost $100 less than the Wii does and that had all of the hardcore type of games that many people say the Wii doesn't have and that don't usually sell well on the Wii but that have shown they have good combined sales on PS3 and 360.

Nintendo....

a company that saved Video Games .... and the company who will Destroy It.

This would be one of the worst things that could possibly happen the gaming!
Monopolies suck for the consumer!

That being said, it will never happen. There will always be at least two major consoles. It may not be the same companies, but there will always be some company willing to take the risk.

It's your lucky day! You don't.

^^Yeah, I don't even see what was his argument there. Btw, anecdotal evidence is just that. Just because you don't know anyone, doesn't mean that most people in the country own a flat panel. And not all flat panels are HD. As for the analog thing...I remember when 2006 was supposed to be its last year. What year is it now?

I won't even bother commenting on the core gamer crap you said again.

 Not really, no.  For one thing, I'm well-known for making these sorts of analyses and discussing market trends.  For another, I didn't specify any competitor or what they would do.  Although I can say this: the odds are far better that any challenger to the Wii's dominance will attempt to go for a compromise between the two markets instead of aiming specifically for the portion of the market which the Wii is reviled by.

 The most likely scenario for a Wii competitor from a new contender would be one which carries the values of the Wii even further (ie. the immersiveness of control and immediate pick-up-and-play appeal) and attempts to merge them with a few fundamental values of upmarket gaming which the Wii does not embody (ie. higher-quality graphics, better processing power).  This is, in a nutshell, what Sega did with the Genesis.  And in the end, it only worked because of the software they came up with to make that difference mean something to consumers, a game we know as Sonic the Hedgehog.

unlikely. These 2 companies have the money to fail and keep trying many more times.

But who knows...