One-console future? That could work

A one-console future could work. Somewhat. With a slight bit of change.

[BitbyDeath]

Not even Bob the Builder would touch that one.

[Gazondaily]

Looks like Batman's utility belt, except Joker spat phlegm on it.

[GrumpyVeteran]

Looks like an alien egg.

[Getowned]

it looks like rotten green jellow :D..lol that thing would look stupid on my tv stand.

[godsinhisheaven]

No competition = death of the console market.

[buttclown]

Not mentioning the competition, I would love to see the person who thinks Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft could all work together on the same console and still do what each of them wants to

[TyrionL]

I think they could take the competition to the games. Each focus on trying to make the best and most innovative game. I think it could work, but defiantly not with a fanboy mentality.

[Apotheosize]

You mean a unified open platform? Hmm I wonder if we have something like that today...

[Panzerkanzler]

Funny =)

[kneon]

I've been saying for a while that Microsoft could make a future Xbox a PC. It would just be a PC in a living room friendly case. Give windows 8 a "gaming" mode that shuts down all the superfluous services so as to free up as much resources as possible for gaming.

But it's not just Microsoft, Sony could go the same way, but they would have to buy valve first. With Steam under their control and their awesome group of studios they could be the major player in PC gaming. Again the playstation would be a PC in a nice case for the living room.

[Getowned]

"Sony could go the same way, but they would have to buy valve first. With Steam under their control and their awesome group of studios they could be the major player in PC gaming."

What is this blasphemy!!! you stay the hell away from steam..

[kneon]

It's just business. I know Valve have said in the past that they are not for sale, but they also said they didn't like the PS3, and look how that's turned around.

Stranger things have happened.

[limewax]

If Valve had any intention to sell out to Sony we would have seen at least one other Valve game for sale over the PS3 steamworks overlay. But its just not happening.

The whole idea of having a PC in a nice case for the living room is readily available, Its called buying a PC with a nice case. Then putting it in the living room. Why would Sony or MS start trying to offer something that's already offered?

[Getowned]

what it really sounds like is you want a PC hooked up to a TV and that's possible even now,you could easily hook up a gaming computer to you're 50" TV and get a wireless keyboard and mouse or 360 controler along with a wireless internet adapter..that future xbox Pc idea of yours already is a real thing called a PC and it dose'nt sound like you do much pc gaming or you would know this and you would know thar Steam is better then both PSN and XBL you would'nt believe the sales and all the games Steam is not a small community.i have a PC,PS3,satellite and a Wii all hooked up to my 42" HD TV an my gaming PC is on a computer desk were i want it.Also as limewax said you can buy some really nice PC cases just look at some on Newegg.com

[kneon]

I already have an i7 930 with a 5850 hooked up to my main TV, and it's not even the most powerful PC in the house. And yet it rarely get's used for gaming. And I'm not new to PC gaming, I've been PC gaming since the Apple ][ and am old enough to remember not only the Atari 2600 but also Atari Pong, Coleco Telstar and the Magnavox Odyssey. And yes Steam is superior, that's why it makes sense for Sony to buy it, there would be no point if it sucked.

And you've misunderstood, I never said I wanted either company to do this, only that it is a possible strategy that I'm sure both have considered, and may very well have rejected. For both companies it would greatly reduce hardware development costs and likely improve reliability, increase the size of the market etc. There are lots of pluses, but the trick is how to move to this model and still maintain or grow revenue.

[Hicken]

NO.

[SITH]

One console? Lmao! Keep dreaming, you have to wake up one day. This crazy turd of an idea has been floating in the pool (Internet) for years. And it still stinks no matter who tries to claim it.

[bunfighterii]

Monopoly= no competition= higher prices= worse services= unhappy consumers= bad games.

[k-dillinger]

Sounds like Microsoft..

[DJMarty]

It was tried sort of with 3DO, with each manufacturer making there own hardware too the same spec, so they could run the same games. It never caught on then, why would it now.

[Bolts]

In order for one console to exist everyone else must driven out of the business. Which is impossible.

[DeadlyFire]

One console future is not likely at all. Its quite the opposite. As the years go on I only see more potential of new competitors springing up. Services like OnLive, OTOY, or GaiKai could spread across the platforms though at some point. Either way Console market will eventually turn into a PC market with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft all pushing certain branded hardware for their platforms. Not very different from Macs sporting Intel CPUs these days and pushing out games on the Mac.

[pcz]

but we don't want that do we (crowd shouts no!)