I have a friend is who is a VP for IBM.  Now most of you know that IBM developed the chips for the PS3, the XBOX 360 and the Wii.

This friend and I were talking about the future video games and I asked him if they were developing for the next systems for microsoft and sony.  He told me he could not say anything, and basically confirmed after that that i could take that as they are working on chips for them.  He also said something that implied there could be a collusion between microsoft and sony.

Just thought i would give you guys an interesting update.

I don't see why either company wouldn;t be atleast planning the next console by now

its different than planning, this would mean ibm is developing

well see how it works out. Maybe collusion means theyll use upgraded chips of what theyre using now. Both chips were basically the same thing (more or less) and i assume they will be similir next gen as well

Both companies must be at least finding parts to use for the next gen systems.

Everyone's well into development for their next-gen systems, that's for sure. Though i don't know if Microsoft would look into IBM again. I think they're going back to Intel, to try the Larrabee chip for the next-box. Nintendo and Sony will probably go with IBM again, though, for different reasons.