Mark in Austin

Sony is obviously is most danger of losing market share; in this department, they only have one direction in which to go.

And it seems near-obvious that Nintendo has the buzz necessary to build share this time around. They're starting off at a pretty-low 14%. (If they're profitable now, imagine them at 25% share!) :P

MS could go either way, it seems. I'm being totally wishy-washy here, but I think that this next year's games release schedule will determine whether or not they take another $4 billion bath..

Microsoft - one of the world's most powerful megacorporations - had over FOUR YEARS to plan this launch, and they blow the supply portion of the test?

Incompetence, plain and simple.

Gates should just give-up and fork-over $4 billion to charity.

Iwata is in the newspaper today quoted as saying that they're planning on a Thanksgiving launch for the Revolution in North America.

Pikmin 2 has completely taken-over my life for the past month. If there's one new franchise from this past generation that I love, it's Pikmin.. :P

Twilight Princess
Chibi-Robo
Odama

Those are three that I plan on buying; I might add one or two more.

And I confess.. I've never played Super Smash Bros. So that game will close-out the last few months of this generation for me..

"Nintendo should go third party."

Riiight. If Nintendo gets so much as an economic sniffle, idiots begin spouting this B.S. left and right.

These are the same folks who are dying to play Nintendo games - but who won't dare buy the systems they're on. Too bad, bitches. You want some Mario, Samus, & Link time? You know where to go.

Wow.. a street racing game. We never, ever see enough of those. :|

Nah, deafie.. the role of "Fecal King Midas" is currently being played by George W Bush.

As a Metal Gear Solid non-fan, I look forward to seeing what Mr Boll does with it. *snicker*

Interesting. If Sony blows it, then suddenly Nintendo has a shot at dominating Japan while MicroSoft could have an upper hand in the States. The playing field would certainly shift, but to what degree and for whom overall.. we don't know.

I do wish harm on some companies. They keep turning-out the same sh!t year after year: same
boring alien-invasion/govt-conspiracy/WWII FPSes, same rip-off sports games, same crappy street thug games.

With the stakes higher than ever in this coming generation ($20 million to develop an AAA title!), I'm going to enjoy watching some eggs get cracked. The only way that companies will learn a lesson and change what they make (and whom they make for) is if they feel financial PAIN.