Analyst Evan Wilson at Pacific Crest Securities - a company which specalizes in technology research, among other things - says we'll see the eigth generation of video game consoles come 2010.

This is about right, since the Playstation 2, for example, was released in 2000, and its successor in 2006 (the Xbox was ahead of the game, with a four year gap, Nintendo is at five with its consoles). However, I don't put too much stock in this guy's view, as he did once claim (late last year) a second redesign of the DS was complete, with no comment from Nintendo (and a year later, they've flat-out denied it).

Would you be ready for a new set of consoles in two years? Myself, I'm still playing original Playstation and Sega CD games, and drooling over a few modern titles like BioShock. My list of games to play/buy is far too extensive. Please, game companies, no more!