The Perfect Console

[Pike]

So the PC gaming thread got me thinking - what do you want to see in a console?

For me, I want to go back to those really plug-and-play days of, say, the 16-bit era. I don't want to worry about things like hard drive size or memory cards or internet connections or navigating some sort of fancy menu. I just want to plug the machine in, plug the game in, and press the power button. Something like that wouldn't replace PC gaming for me, but I think it would have me using consoles more often.

How about for you guys?

[Del Murder]

I don't mind the menus, but required system updates suck.

Honestly, having a disc changer in the console would be good enough for me.

[Pheesh]

Backwards compatibility for every console before it >.> That'll do me.

[Araciel]

Ps2

[DMKA]

A PS2 with more powerful hardware.

[Dr. rydrum2112]

Backwards compatibility for every console before it >.> That'll do me.

BaBAM.

[Pike]

I don't mind the menus, but required system updates suck.

Honestly, having a disc changer in the console would be good enough for me.

Backwards compatibility for every console before it >.> That'll do me.

Okay these are both great suggestions, A+

[Bolivar]

When someone makes a controller interface that's comfortable enough for the couch, but precise enough for strategy games, the prophecies will be fulfilled, all video game discussion forums will close, and we shall enjoy video game utopia for 1,000 years.

Valve just might pull it off with their talk of a standard controller combined with biometrics and gaze tracking.

[Vermachtnis]

Disc-changer and full backwards compatibility are awesome ideas.

If a game console did that, plus their Virtual Console had a complete library of all their old games, it would be the best to me.

[black orb]

>>> A cheap one..

[Tigmafuzz]

Good games.

[Loony BoB]

All of the above.

Also, free multiplayer. None of this Xbox Live bulltrout.

[maybee]

It's already been made it was called ba-dum the SNES.

[Jinx]

A console that is every console, and plays every game ever created.

[NeoCracker]

A console that will give out congratulatory BJ's when completing a game.