New Wii due by 2011!!

[darth los]

http://www.whattheyplay.com/blog/200...FQIWFQodcirt3A Pretty cool features? Yes Waaaaay past due? Yes Imo, If they had implemented these features this gen along with the option to play their games conventionally instead of with motion sensors if the player so chose sony's gaming division might be extinct right now.

[bassman]

And I had just recently decided to pick up a Wii. I guess I'll hold off after this news...

[capncnut]

It's hardly surprising since Microsoft said in 2008 that it will aim to develop the Xbox 3/540 in 2010. This could well be the shortest war in console history.

[darth los]

Who do you see winning it though? My money's on MS. I took them to task for rushing a system to market that clearly hadn't had all the bugs fixed( as evidenced by the plaugue of console failures). But now it seems that hitting the market a year early was a good move.

[capncnut]

But now it seems that hitting the market a year early was a good move. Definitely, and I think MS intend to go one further by putting out a new console two or more years early. The current gen console war has turned out to be a bit of a farce and really quite uneven. 360 might not win in figures but they have proven to Sony that they need to watch out, and that they far from rule the market, which is a surprise given how amazing the PS2 was. Hell, even the 360 has almost sold a million in Japan, might not sound like much but that is a serious step forward over there. But yeah, there could be a whole new war in the next two to three years.

[Cody]

I'm excited for the new xbox, I'll never get a wii though, something about them just doesnt tickle my fancy

[3pidemiC]

Many articles actually claim that this console generation is going to be the longest ever.

[capncnut]

Many articles actually claim that this console generation is going to be the longest ever. Perhaps for the PS3 because Sony have stated numerous times that they intend on keeping the console active "for at least ten years". However the new Xbox 3/540 console has been in the planning stages since 2006.

[darth los]

So i guess this is where we're headed. Every couple of years a co. will come out with the .5 version of the previous console and then release the real deal a couple of years later. It seems all good until sega comes back out with their console.

[MikePizzoff]

WTF? Already? It's hardly surprising since Microsoft said in 2008 that it will aim to develop the Xbox 3/540 in 2010. This could well be the shortest war in console history. I don't think that's going to hold true. I was just reading an article the other day talking about how the VERY earliest they will have a system out will be in late 2011, however it is likely that it won't be that soon due to the capabilities of the 360 (with being able to completely revamp the software via XBL).

[capncnut]

It seems all good until sega comes back out with their console. Now that's what I'm talkin' about! SEGA and Namco are doing the EAG Expo in London next year, I might have a bit of that as it happens. Don't know about the name though, SEGA Ringpiece or whatever it was called.

[Tricky]

Il just stick the next kick arse processor & graphics card in my PC by then and pee from a great height on the consoles i used to love 'em but they just dont raise my interest anymore

[CooperWasRight]

The last cycle for the original xbox was only 4 years in total... This November it the 360 will turn 4.... From the ps(or psx)to the ps2 5 years and 4 months...Ps2 to ps3 6 years 2months...Gamecube to wii 5 years...The cycles are really not getting shorter...we are just getting older... The older you get the quicker time passes.

[Cody]

Does anyone else feel like this is too son for new console releases?

[Rottedfreak]

So long as it's fully backwards compatible with both Gamecube and Wii and contains the next best motion and IR tech in the remote and nunchuk and has some decent exclusives I'll be happy.