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Next-generation consoles are always a hot topic, even when a new console has just barely hit the market. At a time like this, when current consoles are reaching their peak, and a few inklings are starting to drift out from hardware manufacturers, it's hard to avoid the subject, even when there's not very much in the way of hard details to talk about.

So it was at the ongoing Piper Jaffray investor conference, where a group of several CEOs from retailers and publishers discussed the future of the games industry. Comments on next-generation hardware focused on Microsoft's next offering, which conventional wisdom currently expects to arrive as early as late 2005.

When asked if Microsoft could manage to take 30% of the market with its next-generation console, improving on its distant position in this generation, Electronics Boutique president Jeff Griffiths agreed. "Yes, they could get a 30% share," he said. "I think if they got less than that they'd be disappointed, if they come out earlier than Sony, if they have the breadth of exclusive titles like Sony had for PS2. I think they'd definitely have potential for market share leadership."

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