We don’t expect new hardware any time soon from either Microsoft or Sony. It’s difficult on Nintendo – we’ll let them announce their new hardware.
"We'll let them announce their new hardware." That line specifically is making me wonder whether there's the slightest chance THQ might be in the know about the Wii's successor. The 3DS has been in development for a long time, and some third-parties had been let in on it and had faithfully held the secret for over two years, working on games for it in secret, sometimes even internally within the company.
Who's to say Nintendo hasn't done the same with the Wii 2? If they're planning to release it in 2012 (as most of the theories agree), or *gasp* even this year, they'd best have some solid backing behind the thing, or it's gonna tank at launch.
I know all of this might sound sort of crazy, but it's just some food for thought.