No, I'm not talking about specs. Whatever specs you want, you could always have better. I'm asking, what's your dream console design. What's it's shape. How big is it. What sort of control systems would you use?
Like the idea of customizable skins? Say so here! Want non-standardized controllers so people can use any controller they like? Let us know!
No specs. No performance numbers. No regard for output types. Don't dwell on features too much. Describe a console concept without the slightest worry for whether it would be possible or not!
I'll start the ball rolling...
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My Dream Console would be small. The PSTwo is a great size. I'd have a basic box shape with no fancy lumps, bumps or curves, as boxes fit neatly into any space and don't interfere with any designs. I'd have a range of cover types, like brushed Aluminium, Chrome, White, Black. A digital display on the front, really swish one. Not sure what sort, but it'd have to look good. It be with a black display, contrasting with the box colour, and I'd have a matching glossy black band or something, similar to the PSTwo's glossy band. I think I'd have a really swish disc tray - smoooooooth mechanism. Not a top loader. Buttons (power, eject, etc.)would be chromed, petit, on the bottom, with a bit of travel. Not the little *click* of the PS2's buttons.
I like the idea of visual control and I want it to be able the console to know what I'm looking at, so I can select objects (menu items or more importantly, football players!) on screen by looking at them. I want controllers that you can squeeze and twist, like those pink stress-release heads if you've ever seen them. The default controller would be squishy so it molds itself to fit the user's hands. I'd probably go with controls in the DualShock layout as I like that design. They'd also be motion sensitive (switch on-and-offable) so when my sister plays her natural arm waving controls the character how she wants.
I wouldn't limit users to this controller though. I'd have USB ports for controllers and let people plug any controller they want in, with every game having mappable controls. You could also use mice and keyboards if you wanted. Heck, touch-pad even!
WiFi would be built in for home networking, internet access, and wireless controllers.
Like the idea of customizable skins? Say so here! Want non-standardized controllers so people can use any controller they like? Let us know!
No specs. No performance numbers. No regard for output types. Don't dwell on features too much. Describe a console concept without the slightest worry for whether it would be possible or not!
I'll start the ball rolling...
...
My Dream Console would be small. The PSTwo is a great size. I'd have a basic box shape with no fancy lumps, bumps or curves, as boxes fit neatly into any space and don't interfere with any designs. I'd have a range of cover types, like brushed Aluminium, Chrome, White, Black. A digital display on the front, really swish one. Not sure what sort, but it'd have to look good. It be with a black display, contrasting with the box colour, and I'd have a matching glossy black band or something, similar to the PSTwo's glossy band. I think I'd have a really swish disc tray - smoooooooth mechanism. Not a top loader. Buttons (power, eject, etc.)would be chromed, petit, on the bottom, with a bit of travel. Not the little *click* of the PS2's buttons.
I like the idea of visual control and I want it to be able the console to know what I'm looking at, so I can select objects (menu items or more importantly, football players!) on screen by looking at them. I want controllers that you can squeeze and twist, like those pink stress-release heads if you've ever seen them. The default controller would be squishy so it molds itself to fit the user's hands. I'd probably go with controls in the DualShock layout as I like that design. They'd also be motion sensitive (switch on-and-offable) so when my sister plays her natural arm waving controls the character how she wants.
I wouldn't limit users to this controller though. I'd have USB ports for controllers and let people plug any controller they want in, with every game having mappable controls. You could also use mice and keyboards if you wanted. Heck, touch-pad even!
WiFi would be built in for home networking, internet access, and wireless controllers.
