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in 2007: Year of the Xbox 360? on The Far Side of Tech
The 360 is going to have a great year, but of course the one thing hamstringing it is the Japanese refusal to accept it. That's going to keep the machine from getting full support of all the Japanese devs no matter what happens.

As for the Wii, don't be so quick to compare it to GameCube. Even in its early days when it showed promise, GameCube was practically ignored by the media and by non-core gamers. The Wii has already done much better in this regard, and while its lineup for 2007 seems thin right now, its success so far will get more third parties on board; there's no doubt about that.

PS3 just badly needs the GTA3 of this generation to get off the ground. The price of the console is the biggest roadblock for them, and while games like Jak, Ratched and SOCOM were good sellers for the PS2, those games don't sell systems. PS2 had the GTA series to thank most for that, and PS3 needs its killer app for people to get over that pricetag. If it doesn't...
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