For the typical rabid gamer, the release of these next-gen systems seems to be ages away. The Xbox 360 will be the first released during the 2005 holiday season, though one can expect them to quickly be in short supply. The PlayStation 3 will follow soon after in 2006, along with the Nintendo Revolution (or whatever they're calling it by that point.) The competition among these systems will likely be intense, as it's the first time in several years that all 3 major players have released systems in this close proximity to each other. (There has usually been at least a year between releases of at least one system in relation to the others.) As for who will win the Console Wars, the answer is pretty clear... it will be the gamers.