Lovio, you
do realize that the PS3 is supposed to have superior graphics to the 360 right (and from what I've read, by a long shot)? With that, the PS2 would have the graphics and the gameplay leaving Microsoft in the dust (and your claim).
While the whole "hard drive" idea was nice for the XBox, not everyone likes lugging their console around because they can't load data from any person's system. Personally while there was a ton of space to save media on, it wasn't that great of an idea and personally I'm glad they are changing that on the 360 (with the removable hard drive). Memory cards are far more efficient than the hard drive. $20 is hardly a large amount of money to pay for such a thing (heck, look at the extremely over priced XBox controllers. No controller should cost $35 - $40. I had to check the price tags twice to make sure I read them correctly). The XBox itself just seemed like an unfinished idea that could have been so much better (considering the time and staff that Microsoft had, it could have easily have been a gaming god).
People still think Halo is a gaming god? Wow... when will people learn that there are many (many) more FPSs on the earth, many of which offer much more gameplay opportunities than Halo or Halo 2 (and that Halo isn't as great as everyone makes it out to be). Maybe Halo 3 will actually have more customization and be playable and fun with 4 or less players. Also, do you really think Game of the Year has any real value outside of it's name? It holds none. It's based on too many biased factors for it to really hold any true meaning.
Other than the specs of the PS3, there's really not known about it either. As long as they don't drastically change anything (controllers, memory cards, etc.), I won't have a problem with it. If they decide to randomly change things, there's another, and probably the final decent gaming company (though Nintendo
used to be, can hopefully redeem that in my eyes) down the drain. For the most part, the PS2 was well rounded (except of course for falling short in the terms of graphics, which makes little to no difference. There was also loading time, which I really hope they do something about).
The Revolution is unknown at the moment, but if it is anything like the Gamecube, I'll make sure I don't get suckered into buying one of those. While I really wanted to buy the Revolution, Nintendo is angering me because for the past year or so, they have seemed to believe that gameplay is not important. They have been too busy trying to "revolutionize" everything that they have lost sight of the more important objectives, gameplay (looks at a majoirty of the games released this year. Anyone who can see outside of the "OMG NINTENDO IZ TEH ROXORZ" mindframe" should be able to see that Nintendo is suffering on the console level. Luckily they have heavy handheld console sales to make up for most of it.). To me, the Revolution seems like it's being shaped like the DS (ohhh... theres a cool thingamajig here, and ohh... what's that doohickey?), which is
not meant for consoles. Oh, how I hope they come up with something great (and that they aren't seriously considering shaping out in the way that they are), so they can possibly redeem themselves to all of the fans they have lost in the last year or so. I really wish I knew more about the Revolution, as I am actually excited about it, despite what earlier points say..
I hardly doubt that the gaming companies are going out of business any time soon. All of them have plenty of money and are making plenty (though Nintendo worries me a bit). They may possibly lose quite a bit of money, but they would have to seriously bomb for them to actually go out of business.
I've made my speculations on
all three upcoming consoles based on information revealed to the general public (and of course my own personal opinions). I do realize that much of this post is opinion and speculation, but guess what? So are all of the other posts.
All of us already know that all three consoles are going to be great, it's just a matter of what you're trying to argue. As much as this sounds like a rant, it's not. It's just a very long explanation showing that
no one can say which system is going to be the greatest. Period. All three of them will have their good points. Oh, and someone mentioned adding the Revolution to the conversation. That has been addressed (though there's really no helpful and confirmed true information to go on).
Hopefully that will spark up some other conversation.