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However Sony and MS realize they have the serious gaming prospects and will not turn their back on the market completely. Expect to see more gimmicky games such as Guitar hero, Rock Band, Sing Star, Eye Toy comming out which will utilize many new and gimmicky control pads ect but do not expect the consoles to be low power, short burst wii-clones we will not be seeing the Pii or Xii but I seriously doubt the dual control stick, d-pad, trigger shoulder button and thumb button pads are a thing of the past even for the next series of consoles. I reckon we might see more options to use those gimmick control pads but we won't be forced to if anything I reckon we might even see the option of a XBOX certified keyboard and mouse combination on the next one.
This last paragraph was interesting to note. I do wonder if we may see a return of the "Atari/Nintendo entertainment centers"? By this, I mean what is the possibility that future consoles may include some of the extra peripherals needed to coerce far more casual gamers into purchasing a console. I feel all three console companies could do better if they added at least a few essential peripherals like a keyboard or perhaps an extra controller. :rolleyes2

I've always wondered that perhaps if the Wii had been released with a normal controller as well as the Wii-mote, if this may have given third party developers more of an incentive to make games without utilizing the Wii's motion sensing properties? I guess I wonder this cause it seems to me that the DS became more of a success when third party developers stopped using the DS functions as the main focus of the product. Rather just make the game and if anything could use some of the DS' extra features it was utilized. Course I don't see the Wii changing its tune unless the market goes sour but its more of an interesting "what if" if anything.