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Nintendo is dominating. They don't need to worry about making major revisions to their hardware. Let MS and Sony scramble to catch up to Nintendo. Nintendo will continue to innovate and change the way people think about videogames. MS will continue to find new ways to screw people with online fees and Sony will keep copying the best Nintendo and MS have to offer.

kenakuma

WOW, your not a fanboy or anything :roll:

Lol. Yeah. I just read my response and see how much of a fanboy I am :( I've always been a huge Nintendo fan. I'm happy they are having major financial success now. I was getting worried that they might stop making consoles after the Gamecube. Sega eventually had to go 3rd party. Regardless of my fanboyism, Nintendo has pretty much sealed a win this console gen even if you don't include the DS.

2010= Year of the DS (again)

2011 = Year of the DS (again)

Art design > tech.

Next year, the award for best writing should go to the DS title 100 classic books.

1. Blu-ray is not as big as you might think. Sure, DVD was killer for the PS2. Now, however, Blu-ray is not changing the standard format in which most people watch movies. Streaming and downloading is the future in getting movies and tv shows. Now, many people have cable with some type of demand service. Grocery stores have cheap movie rentals. Netflix has online service. Blu-ray is not going to beat DVD. The internets will beat DVD.

2. All the systems can drop prices and bundle games. 360 odst/forza 3 bundle looks more attractive than a simple PS3 slim right now. Walmart has the Wii and wii sports resort/WM+ for $200. Sony should at least bundle a game.

3. I'll give you this. Sony is killing it with some nice exclusives. This will help them against MS, but probably not as much against Nintendo. Nintendo has a good amount of exclusives as well.

4. I have to disagree. XBox live is so good, it feels like a necessity. $50 a year is nothing for the hours of online fun you can have for a year. I hear PSN might be adding some optional pay services soon anyway. The service MS provides is very good and very reasonably priced (at this time.)

5. Examine the entire history of console gaming. When has a console peripheral ever caused a major swing in sales? Sega CD? 32X? Rumble pak? N64 memory expansion? The companies pretty much have to live and die by what they release on day 1. These consoles are over halfway through their life cycle.

6. I have no clue what company will release a console next or what the next consoles will look like. Nintendo threw a major monkey wrench into this thing with the Wii. A new, unpredictable gamer has emerged. Next gen will probably be decided by who most appeals to Women, Elderly, and extreme casuals.

7. Wii has been "obsolete" from a technological standpoint from day 1. Problem is, gameplay and art design trump pretty graphics 10 times out of 10. Also, 360 and PS3 are limited by the consumer's display. Not everyone has an HDTV. I doubt many of these new, super-casual gamers has HDTV.

Nintendo is dominating. They don't need to worry about making major revisions to their hardware. Let MS and Sony scramble to catch up to Nintendo. Nintendo will continue to innovate and change the way people think about videogames. MS will continue to find new ways to screw people with online fees and Sony will keep copying the best Nintendo and MS have to offer.

after watching sony's conference regarding the wand, and demonstrations of games like archery, boxing, painting etc etc: i came to the impression that all those games could be done on microsofts NATAL- minus the wand.

i'm a big sony fan but eh: the PS Move is a huge disappointment in my opinion

dethroned3

Sony is not trying to win over fans of traditional/hardcore gaming. They already have them locked up. They are making a play for the new videogame consumers Nintendo has unearthed.

I have a feeling Portal 2 will be one of those games that everyone thinks they know what to expect and then they are shocked at how much better it is than the first Portal. I doubt this will just be a simple rehash like L4D2. I expect the multiplayer, like most Valve games, to be excellent.

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We are over halfway through this console generation. Neither really has much chance of major success before the next generation of systems comes out. Sony and MS will just have to wait until then to take over Nintendo's marketshare. Another problem most do not realize is the cost of MS and PS3 motion options vs the Wii. Finally, what is the last console add-on you remember being a success? Sega CD? Sega 32x? Lol!