I hate the facts and I hate to post that I think individual consoles should have a longer span of game development before the next wave of consoles come along. 5 years comes by way fast to decide on another console. First, you' re confused on which one to buy, which takes up months before deciding, then other events in your life take away 9/10 of your game time, then maybe money will cause a problem in game purchasing (well, for me anyways). So, to me, a console should have an active development span of about 7 to 8 years before another wave of consoles come out.

If I am to choose right now, I would buy Nintendo' s next console, because I have a bit of regrets on choosing the Xbox over the GameCube (but no regrest on the Xbox over the PS2). I would choose Nintendo' s next console because they' re probably going to publish more fun, competitive classics I' ve always loved .