War?!

Hey, guys...

Today, I'll try to tell you about a war...a war so vicious that it affects most gamers of this (and, perhaps, other) planet. A war so tough, that it keeps on going for decades now, with parties implied changing on every generation. One can even say that there are different wars, one with each generation of combatants. The first four were mostly fought between the companies Nintendo and Sega and all of them were won (more or less conclusive) by Nintendo. The fifth wave brought a change, a surprise, a new candidate that managed to defeat both Nintendo and Sega and take first-place : Sony's PlayStation. It managed to outsell Nintendo's "Nintendo 64" by about 3 times and Sega's "Sega Saturn" by roughly 10. It seemed clear that new opposition was forming. The next wave, the sixth, brought about another serious competitor that was keen on selling consoles: Microsoft. At the end of this one, Sony clearly won, selling 117.89 million PlayStation2's, compared to the 24 million Xboxes sold by Microsoft and the 21 million Gamecubes sold by Nintendo. Sega got sidelined and the stage was set for the next and latest cat-and-mouse (game-like-)war.
It officially started with the launch of the Xbox 360 on the 22'nd of November, in 2005, followed by Nintendo's Wii on the 19'th of November, 2006 (wow, nice head start for Microsoft) and Sony's latest toy, the PlayStation 3, on the 17'th of November (U.S).

Well, the standing, according to worldwide sales, is the following:

Wii -10.7 million; (September 13, 2007)
Xbox 360 - 8.9 million; (July 31, 2007)
PS3 - 4.3 million (June 30, 2007)

Seems like the revolutionary little Wii managed to defeat Xbox's huge one-year advantage and has install itself on the top position. The question is: How long will it stay there?

to be continued ...