Originally Posted by mayonaise
you pretty much nailed it. sony+ibm's Cell processor is generating a lot of hype. whether it'll live up to the hype is anyone's guess. sony's pretty damn good at hyping up their products (with the exception of their MP3 players, which are pretty much dead in the water), so it could just be clever marketing. but i'm sure the PS3 will be a pretty decent performer, at the very least.
there's not enough information about nintendo's next system to tell how it'll perform. one thing's for sure; it'll have to be leaps and bounds beyond the PS3 in every way imaginable, or it'll share the same fate as GC and N64
actually they said it wont improve that much over gc or suttin is what i heard, they want to reinvent the way games are played... they think they can kill the current trend with new ways of doing things (exhibit one... the DS with its touch screen)