TechRadar's latest poll suggests that twice as many readers would like to get their hands on a PlayStation 4 than they would the next Xbox - although neither console was the top result, as we asked which future gadget you would like to get your hands on.
With nearly 3,000 votes cast, it was gaming machines that picked up the big votes, with 35 per cent opting for a next-next-gen console.
But top, with 22 per cent of the vote, was the 'pen that's also a flying car' option that we put in as a joke.
Bunch of realists
Leaving that option aside, the other votes are still illuminating (and not least that anyone would NOT want a pen that's a flying car).
With the PlayStation 4 a creditable second (and a lot more feasible than the pen) polling a fifth of all votes, it was nearly double its rival the Xbox 720 – which picked up 11 per cent.
That was still good enough for third place, unlike the Wii 2's four per cent of the vote – suggesting that our readers are hard-core gamers rather than casual ones.
A pair of Apples
In fact Apple picked up both the fourth spots with 8 per cent for both the much mooted Apple Tablet and the next generation of its iPhone, narrowly ahead of a Android 3.0 phone (7 per cent).
Six percent opted for a Ultra-HD '4K' 3D TV, five per cent are after a Windows 8 PC and rock bottom – along with the Wii – was a quad core netbook.
Let's face it, you'd be mad not to plump for the pen, right?
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psyfur
December 21st 2009
13. The next gen consoles need to up the anti as the graphics and gameplay is already years behind what the pc can knock out. Also price, pc is nearly 50% cheaper on release of new games.
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dee
December 20th 2009
12. @ romi
I agree the fun of a wii, power of a ps3 and online experience of an xbox.
There should just be a universal console instead of having similar consoles such as ps3 and xbox 360 to then buy a game for one and not be able to play the games on the other.
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romi
December 20th 2009
11. What the world needs is Wii functionality with PS4 graphics...now wii are talking a beast of a product.
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raskal740
December 19th 2009
10. @ delltech "as pointed out the results could be taken to mean that PS3 owners are already looking to the next version wheras xbox owners are happy enough with the games and console they currently own."
You sound like a fanboy. Just because people want newer and better technology doesn't mean that they're unhappy with the current generation of consoles. Your a ******!!!
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dellytech
December 19th 2009
9. lol @ david macfail! oscar for fanboy of the decade!
I have both devices and they both have their benefits, there is no need to start a fanboy war here.
as pointed out the results could be taken to mean that PS3 owners are already looking to the next version wheras xbox owners are happy enough with the games and console they currently own.
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davidmacphail
December 18th 2009
8. No surprise, given the fact that the PS3 has far more and far better exclusive games than the 360 it's no wonder future gamers would want games to play on the console they buy. They would also want new technology, 360 is for people who are definetly NOT technologically - minded, it wouldn't surprise me if the next Xbox STILL used DVD9 for it's games.
Also, they probably wouldn't want a console with a 33% failure rate like the 360 had. So yeah, at least double the real gamers wanting a PS3 makes perfect sense.
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louis058
December 18th 2009
7. WHAT??? You're telling me that the pen was a joke??? I had my hopes up as well!
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m185874
December 18th 2009
6. You can play games on a PS3? Why does nobody tell me these things? I only use mine as a media server, BBC iPlayer, browser and Blu-Ray disc player.
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hiawa23
December 18th 2009
5. Nonsense poll. I plan to get both next gen consoles but will be based on the games, specs, online structure, not the name. Fanboys are funny..
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dellytech
December 18th 2009
4. ..or looking at the results another way:
"Twice as many PS3 owners are not content with their current console as XBox360 owners!"
Also you used a dumb name for next XBox, the XBox 720!
Really I see no value in this survey especially when the Pen/Flying car won anyway!
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deeban
December 18th 2009
3. @madjedi: lol, well said!
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perplexer
December 18th 2009
2. @madjedi: Agreed. There is still a lot of mileage in the current consoles.
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madjedi
December 18th 2009
1. Just shows how many idiotic fanboys there are to have a prefernce on consoles that have no published specs, release dates or launch titles!
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