depends if M$ continues to put forth the good effort they currently have been i think they might just win it. But sony may also have learned their lesson and may regain the lead. Of course the Blue Ocean might once again swoon over the wii.

No one knows but one things for sure all companies have a shot

Sony, HP, Dell, Asus, Gateway, and all the rest of the rest of the PC makers

Nintendo Why?

• Because developers will be more adept to motion control and the general Wii market
  
• It's actually untrue that blue ocean audiences are fickle and just like the iPod people will be drawn back to the Nintendo name
• Nintendo will be 5 years ahead of the competition in the planning of the next console (if the others go for a Wii-like experience)
  
• Nintendo have A LOT of cash to burn for R&D which they are most likely using right now to ensure they're one step ahead of the competition
  
• Nintendo will have the strategy further refined after this generation
  
• Nintendo will have the biggest mainstream names in gaming in the Wii Series and Mario Kart
  
• Nintendo will fix all the issues people had with the Wii and when I say people I mean mass market and so they'll see the Wii 2 as a valuable investment
  
• Nintendo will be free to work on titles for Wii 2 earlier and give it a strong Wii-like first year as the Wii will continue to sell and 3rd parties will become more prominent in their role of bringing system sellers to the market
  
• Nintendo will know what did and didn't work this time around and will be able to improve upon it for Wii 2 (such as the channel interface, the new digital distribution service, WiiWare size restraints, Virtual Console, wrist straps and Wiimote condoms etc..)
  
• Nintendo will have the advantage of third parties taking the system seriously from day one as a contender to become market leader
  
• Wii 2 will be a HD capable console that will allow 3rd parties to use standard engines and make multiplatform games make sense to put on the console
  

Wii 2 will look like this:

Wii 2 will have a nice looking menu with games like this:

So in the end I think it'll come down to...

1. Nintendo

2. Microsoft

3. Sony

I think Nintendo will follow the 2 generation rule, Microsoft will have learnt what not to do and what to improve and Sony will once again adopt their PS1/PS2 formula but due to financial difficulties and wanting to make back the losses on PS3 will probably fall short of beating Microsoft..

P.S. yes I got bored one day...

Its impossible to tell until the companies actually announce their new consoles. We have no way of knowing what crazy directions they'll go in.

However Nintendo will have near overwhelming momentum coming into the next generation so they will most probably take it out, if they don't my money would be on Microsoft.

microsoft, the next XBOX will rule the world :))

Nintendo.

1. Even if the other 2 add "motion", being able to play the Wii's back catalog will appeal more to the expanded audience than any new, untested IPs from Sony or Microsoft.

2. Shigeru Miyamoto.

I'm going to have to lean to Nintendo on this. I think both MS and Sony are going to look at the Wii's success, and try to add (better) motion to their controllers. Nintendo, expecting this, finds something else to add in addition to motion to their controls, allowing them to stay in the lead for the next generation. Maybe a touch screen on the controller...?

However, I'll even go so far out as to say the following gen will be Microsoft's. Nintendo, in a rush to add features, makes their gen-9 controller too complex for the "casual", resulting in losing the lead to Microsoft, who, still not having made back all their $9 billion in losses, makes something simple, and swipes the lead from the N.

Well I think that the Wii 2 and Xbox 720 will launch several years before the PS4, as they will keep the PS3 going for a gen and a half, and then the same with the PS4, before aligning the launch of the PS5 with the Wii 4 and Xbox alot

So for the next gen, Sony will technically win. This is because their console will launch 2 years after the other ones, and then end about 3 years after them, so will sell more, as with more development, total games sales will increase over time, so they will be able to take advantage of that to sell more consoles

SONY. they made some mistakes this gen like the pricing, but this gen was a one-off event. SONY will reclaim the throne.

I can see with Sony's ten year plan they are going to claw back some fans and win with ps4