Apart from hardware related stuff there are equally imp factors which should be talking about.
Save: Hard Disk must be there by default with Mem Card as an optional accessory. And if HD is not included then Mem Card should hold enough data for 100s of games....I mean com'on only 8MB for PS2.. and even less for GC
Frame-rate: No games with inconsistant frame rate should reach consumers. Bottom line - only 60fps and nothing less...and with next gen power it should not be a problem.
Loading Time: At no point of time in games should there be a loading time of more than a second if at all. Games with no loading time should be awarded fair-play trophy
Gaming Device: With this hype about covergence etc I afraid that game consoles might no longer be a game console....they may try to create an all-in-one device and in the process losing focus which is gaming. I like Nintendo's strategy in that regard. To solve this problem they could release two version one which is purely a gaming console and another which has all other goodies.
Simultaneous release: Efforts should be made to ensure that most games are relased at same time across the world after all we pay equal price...
More localised contents: In future China and India are going to become big gaming markets, they should give more weightage to both markets.
Save: Hard Disk must be there by default with Mem Card as an optional accessory. And if HD is not included then Mem Card should hold enough data for 100s of games....I mean com'on only 8MB for PS2.. and even less for GC
Frame-rate: No games with inconsistant frame rate should reach consumers. Bottom line - only 60fps and nothing less...and with next gen power it should not be a problem.
Loading Time: At no point of time in games should there be a loading time of more than a second if at all. Games with no loading time should be awarded fair-play trophy
Gaming Device: With this hype about covergence etc I afraid that game consoles might no longer be a game console....they may try to create an all-in-one device and in the process losing focus which is gaming. I like Nintendo's strategy in that regard. To solve this problem they could release two version one which is purely a gaming console and another which has all other goodies.
Simultaneous release: Efforts should be made to ensure that most games are relased at same time across the world after all we pay equal price...
More localised contents: In future China and India are going to become big gaming markets, they should give more weightage to both markets.