11th July 2006, 11:29 AM
Well Atari was in charge for two generations (if you, like Wikipedia, see the generation of "single game consoles" like Pong as the first console generation), and Nintendo was in charge for two more. Sony's been in charge for two as well. That is HARDLY any evidence that this is the last one. This is only evidence that being in charge for two generations is not a guarantee.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)