Analysts: PS3 to win current-generation console war

I am not surprised at all. The ps3 just offers more than both the 360 and wii.

Well, Sony did say they expected the PS3 to last at least 10 years which is odd because if you think of a 10 year old PC...

With so much better hardware and now with games like Uncharted 2, God of War 3 or Final Fantasy 3, the PS3 is starting to make the Xbox look like a true microsoft product ^_^

I do not see the PS3 beating the Wii, but maybe the 360 in the long wrong. Fail generation? hardware wise. yes both 360 and Ps3 have Hardware Issues, The 360 being the worst, but both newer versions of the consoles seems to be fail less. The Wii has least faliure rate. I do not see the PS3 lasting any more than another 4-5 years. or the 360 leasting more than another 3 years. As for the Wii that coulod last forever!

sony PS3 is undoubtedly the best! with great graphics and the newly added motion sensors it has overtaken microsoft XBOX n Wii!
i think XBOX n Wii are also gud! but they dont have much games released for them as compared to PS! PS has a great no. of games!
so if MS or Wii have to recover their lost share - its simple launch more games!

PC does have its advantages, but not a lot of gamers are really up to that whole keeping in touch with the constant updates of hardware. Or have very lucrative income that they can spend a couple grand on a new system. As well the whole change to online gaming, or always having a online connection really sucks bad. Consoles at least you know your getting a good working system. They dont have to do that online thing, as well for some reason developers are thinking LAN is more important on consoles than PC. Oh dont forget to check those possible viruses and spyware you have to make sure you continue to keep those frame rates.

Maybe games are not always 720p, but a few are. As the developers figure out more on pushing these system to the limits than we will have games to a higher level but never at the highest potential.

Uh, what about that failure to consider Dual Layer DVDs, Super Smash Brawl was such a fun game for the few days of playing before my Wii went down, and had to send in for repairs. Thankfully quite a few people had this issue, so it was free. No wonder they dont do the whole playback of DVDs.

Sony a big company with innovative ideas and long tradition in game console they will do the best to stay in top.Xbox could threat PS3 top position because behind Xbox is a gigant Microsoft with tons of money and an army of people and they can produce something better than PS3.Time will show as the winner

the ps3 was expensive at start because of its hardware. not because it was a new release. look at the blu-ray and the cell processor.

The "exclusives" are the serious factor that made PS3 the king. I think the people who bought one were thinking about playing Uncharted 2 or God of War 3 rather than the other features that makes their investment worthwhile.

The average time between console generations is 5 years (was 6 between PS2/3 and 4 between Xbox/360, but otherwise quite consistent, and even that's not a huge departure). With the 360 arriving at the end of 2005 and the PS2/Wii at the end of 2006, 2011 looks like a good point to switch gens.

If in this time frame Nintendo creates a new gen Wii that's compatible with the old one and has a reasonable cost, I can see the Wii dying off, and the analysts being correct.

I also think that the PS3 does have more potential in the long run, to continue selling as a media centre / console / computer. Partly because of Blu-ray, and partly because I think Microsoft will not want to give the Xbox fuller capabilities, like web browsing.

I suspect, though, that Microsoft will again beat Sony to market with a new generation console, so even if the PS3 does end up selling the most, that's be because its competitors have moved on to next generations.

The Sony Playstation was always the best among game consoles

I'm assuming you mean FF13 but that's also out on the 360 which is just plain wrong... (not to mention the fact that it runs on a lower resolution). I'm really looking forward to Unchartered 2 and God of War 3 as well and of course Gran Turismo 5, which will actually run in 1080p native.

I'm an owner of a 360 and a PS3. PS3 is a fine machine but does not have the 360's visual prowess. Whilst the whole "Cell Design" has potential it does not translate in to real world results. When a title gets released for the 360 and the PS3, the 360 title almost always looks better.

Resistance 2 and Kill Zone 2 are good games but they do not match the experience offered by Gear Of War, Mass Effect or Halo.

Blue Ray is a big let down in terms of visual improvement. The storage capacity is an advantage but it does NOT look THAT good.

The PS3 is a nice system but not an outright winner.

most "exclusives" ended up being available on the 360 as well - not to mention the fact that they were better on the 360.

Ghostbusters / Bayonetta anyone ?

Uncharted 2 looks nice but it ain't no Mass Effect 2 !

I also prefer the xbox - the controller is much more comfortable (for me) than the PS3 controller. Now is only MS would relent and bung a BluRay drive into the thing then it would be perfect.

I don't understand how analists can make that kind of prediction. I mean, it takes only one big hit game on one console and everything can change. Or let's say Project Natal is awesome and everyone wants it, the Xbox might sell a lot more units then. Strategy Analytics can't possibly know how the device will turn out to be and what the public's reception will be. So, in the end, I think this is just a way to have people talk about Strategy Analytics....

wow, how can you say PS3 is handsdown the winner when xbox OBVIOUSLY blows PS3 out of the water on online play. Yes, PS3 is free to play online, but it SUCKS. Who really wants to DOWNLOAD a game to their system before they can play it??? if I BUY a game I want to PLAY it not have to WAIT for it to download on the system. You might argue that it comes with a blue ray player....does everyone have a tv that you can actually NOTICE the difference??? Can YOU even notice the difference when you put HD next to blueray??? Perhaps Playstation WAS the best, I won't argue there, but they arn't anymore, not now, not EVA. plus whos going to use the 3D function on it, the SUPER RICH who can afford the brand new 3D TV'S??? Yeah, that's what I thought. Screw PS3, almost every game I would ever want to play is also on the xbox, PS3 only really has maby a couple titles to brag on but that's not enough to make me like them better. GO XBOX (screw the wii too, it's for little kids)

YEAH 10 years ago.

WTF are you talking about? Downloading before playing...? Okay maybe an update to a game, but not the game itself unless you buy it from the PS store. Since Bluray is the official HD format, you comparing the two doesn't even make sense. And yes, anyone with halfway decent vision can see the difference between 420 and 720/1080. I would guess that a TON of people have made the transition to HD-capable televisions. I do agree with your Wii comment, though - it's purely novelty, not a gaming system. Other than that, your comment is totally illogical and without merit.