Next Gen??

Steam, because it's the most powerful one!

None of them. I ll just throw some new components on my PC when the time comes.

Steam's basically selling a prefab linux PC. Calling SteamBox a console is like calling everything Alienware creates a console.

If SteamBox wins, it's a win for PC gaming. It's just a PC.

I'd say that the benefit to SteamBox is that it normalizes expected hardware between a greater number of users. While programmers already design toward the most common system specs, if this group becomes the majority group, programmers will have less of a need to adjust for a low-power median performance level.

We're continuing to see see a little more of the console ease-of-use coming to PCs and consoles are implementing a lot of the BS that PC users used to deal with that they didn't like. I've witnessed this over the last fifteen years.

My 'console' will be an AMD R9 290X sometime 1Q 2014. Unless Nvidia does something fantastic, which I believe they will.

I am extremely happy with nextgen. As a proud owner of Hd7870 and FX8320 I feel I'll be safe with my rig for next few years, since it already runs stuff faster than nextgen consoles are supposed to (new cod, bf4 - both downscaled in resolution and/or fidelity (on consoles), both run great on ultra on my rig). Given that new DX is more cpu/gpu friendly (50% increase in fps in bf4 compared to the old one) and AMD Mantle is on its way (and the number of devs keen to support it is growing), it should be a great generation for me. Games already look fine IMHO. My wallet is content.

Plus - my steam/origin/uplay backlog is getting MASSIVE. And it GROWS. I almost don't feel the 'need' for that nextgen right now.

I wouldn't say anyone would win. It's just a friendly competition with each other that motivates each other to make better products.

If I HAD to pick one though, I'd go with Nintendo.

PS4, nuff said.

Since I barely ever turn on my PS3 any more, I'll probably get a PS4 a few years after launch when they are cheaper and there are enough exclusives to warrant it.

Or whenever the PS4 version of Gran Turismo comes out :D

If I had the money I would probably buy an XBOX, but since I don't have any.. I'll just keep using my PC :P

PS4. But that's only if I were forced to choose one, no more, no less, and had no PC option. Talking as though we only had a choice between the big three, as media and fanboys dictate, is a false choice.

I'd gladly buy a PS4/XB1 if the price were about 200 USD, which is what I plan to spend to push my PC above console performance once again. I'm currently leaning toward PS4, but paying for full online support on any console seems a ripoff if you already have to pay for internet access besides.

pc you silly little peasant.

None. PC for the win.

Actually, the real question is: what will happen to the industry due to the fact that nextgen sucks so much balls?

Few months ago I still had a lot of hope regarding nextgen capabilities, but not now. The "PS/Xbox will outclass pc for years" dream is over now. A budget PC can easily compete with console hardware, BF and COD is a proof. The 'optimization' dream is over aswell - with console architecture being so close to the pc, the optimization benefit will not be as massive as it was in current-gen. And it shows. Also, PC games are (and will be) getting more and more optimized thanks to the new DX and Mantle. Even if they, somehow, heavily optimize future console titles, what will they achieve? Full 1080p and ultra settings in, say, BF4? Great, but it's already achievable on not-so-expensive pc.

New consoles will most probably not sell as well as current-gen did. Less people will buy console games. How will it affect the industry? More PC-centric development? Creating artificial boundries, so that PC versions would not outclass console ones too much? Almost totally exlusive-based console market (bullshit from financial perspective, I know)? Uglier, simpler PC->console ports or console-> pc ports with slightly enhanced graphics? Or maybe the end of big graphical advancements?

PC for sure.
There is nothing more convenient, than a modular system. I can upgrade every single component - anytime.

Nintendo's Wii U has a weird controller-one no one really wanted, and isn't as innovative as it is cumbersome. Innovation kept them going last generation. This generation? They should be worried. Right now, the 3DS is carrying them, but that'll only go so far...

Microsoft messed up right at the beginning with this next generation, layering their console with tons of invasive DRM and trying to call it a feature. Pretty much everyone was pissed and, even though Microsoft backpedaled, their greed cost them dearly with the heaps of bad PR it garnered. Add to that the fact that their system is $100 more expensive, while not as powerful as Sony's PS4, and things aren't looking great.

Sony actually did pretty well early on. Once they saw the train-wreck the Xbox One reveal had become, they made sure to point out that the PS4 wouldn't have the same "features" as the Xbox One, which made a lot of folks pretty happy. As a more powerful system with better support and $100 less on the price tag, I think Sony's on top.
Some people are complaining that they'll be charging for PS+. I'd like to take a moment to point out that Microsoft has already been charging people for an Xbox Live Gold subscription (required to play games online) for years.

To the people who keep saying PC will win: PC always wins anyway. It's a given. It's such a solid platform that it's place in the game race hasn't been questioned in a long time, especially not after Steam started gaining, well, steam.

Oh, and for the record, I was an Xbox and PC fan this current generation. I've never ceased PC gaming, and I'm on my third 360. Microsoft's poor choices (and constant updates which remove features and make my 360 dashboard more and more ugly) swayed me away from them with the next generation though, and decided me firmly on buying a PS4 once there are actually a few next-gen titles I'm interested in.

Broadwell.

NextGen = Computers turnig into consoles and consoles turning into computers

none my pc is next gen fx-8320 and hd radeon 7870 ghz x2 crossfired cards and 16 gig of ram

This Dorkly comic seems kind of relevent to this thread. :p