Your insane next-gen console wish?

[New Troll]

My insane wish would be that all consoles from now on are backwards compatible -or at least emulate- every single game their predecessors could play. Not all that difficult, but insane by the console maker's ideals so it counts.

Same here, I get the hardware can have issues, but in this day and age, I don't buy that it couldn't emulate off the disc or something. A PC can do it, mine in particular can and it's nowhere near as powerful as the PS4 will be.

Backwards compatibility would work like on PC if the new system was just an upgrade of the old technology, but more often than not the new system is a whole new technology which requires different type of hardware. Making the PS4 backwards compatible to PS3 would be like making compact disc players backwards compatible with record players. That's why it's much more common to see the game developer make a digital copy or whole new (usually flawed) remake of the games instead.

With that said, since disc seems not to be disappearing anytime soon, it wouldn't be hard for the reader to at least register an older game disc and let the owner download a digital copy of the game for free (or at least very little.) Course that means more developers need to convert their games into digital, which they're only going to do if that becomes profitable to them. So yeah... insane wish.

 

[Kennetic]

I don't want a stupid social media button, I don't want motion control, I want to use a 360 controller on my PS3. I don't want to pay to play my games online and I don't want to be bombarded by ads for shit that I don't care about. Hell, I don't want ads for stuff that's not games. It is nice having Netflix on the PS3, though, because it's convenient and out of the way when I'm not using it so that can stay. And I don't want a friggin screen or touch pad crap on my controller, the traditional controllers have worked fine for decades why change them to something that's no more than gimmicky bullcrap?

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

for developers to stop making tech-porn and keeping their budgets under control. Good grief, most designers nowadays have ZERO discipline.

 

[Alfador_VII]

Simple, I want a bitching PC with the ability to play all generations of Xbox, and Playstation games properly.

Or just drop the whole console thing, and have everything for PC. NO social media stuff built in, I'd like a choice of Keyboard+ Mouse, or gamepad for genres that suit it. (And obviously for specialist gamers, there's various types of Steering Wheels, pedals, flight sticks, fighting game controllers etc) No motion sensors, or 3D please.

You asked for insane, you get it

 

[V1rax]

I just want them to make good Single player games that aren't stupid over the top or mutiplayer focused.

 

[Brendan Stepladder]

The Nintendo 65.

Nothing could be better.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I would like, maybe not for this coming generation but the one after it, for all companies to fuck off with the idea that a gaming console should be used for multimedia and social networking. For multimedia, TVs are going to get there first and don't have to worry about playing games on the side, and social networking, I am already annoyed enough about it inflitrating every aspect of the internet slowly and shouldn't have to worry about my PS4 posting things to Facebook. I have Facebook basically as a means of communication. I want nothing else to do with it, and I don't want anything else to be connected to it. It would be nice if I can just opt out of Facebook integration, but I'm betting you'll have to do some sort of similar bullshit to take screenshots or video.

 

[xPixelatedx]

Like many of you, I wish for JUST A GAMING CONSOLE, and not a smartphone-toaster-cablebox with useless motion controls attached. I didn't mind these things when I could ignore them, now i am being told the console won't work unless I use Kinect/Move/Eyetoy nonsense? Screw that shit. But that's how it is, which is why my wish is impossible.

The worse part is this is a clear sign of desperation. The industry is a fat, spoiled, bloated child that cannot support itself under it's own weight. It needs the tablet/casual crowd; it needs grandmother and the family dog playing the games to in order just to break even now. All of which is basically spelling out the crash we all know is coming.

 

[WanderingFool]

Well, I want a pure gaming console, like the rest of you. Likewise, I want it to be fucking cheap right out the pen.

 

[uchytjes]

STEAMBOT CHRONICLES 2. It won't ever, ever, EVER happen in any universe EVER, but you did say insane wish.

As for the consoles themselves, I still kinda want an "omni-console" that can play any game ever as long as you have a ROM or the original game itself. Also, full digital downloads for every game ever.

 

[Souplex]

More processing power, and maybe mod support assuming the mods go through some sort of minor easy certification.
Maybe also add mouse and keyboard support so there'd be no reason to bother with PCs at all. It will mostly kill piracy while we're at it.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

After reading this thread, I want a world where gamers can talk about gaming without whining and complaining over every little thing.

On topic, I think I agree with op. Throw out all this crap and take me back to a time when talking about video games was "did you bring your other controller?" "I'm so jealous game X you have for ps2" "are you kidding? You have game Y for game cube!" "super smash bros. 4 player. No weapons" "Halo 2. Human weapons only. No shields. Human vehicles" "Kirby air ride. City trial. 8 minutes" "I like how 3rd party titles also come to Nintendo's console at the same quality as the other consoles" "gaming on a pc? You mean Roller Coaster Tycoon?"

 

[RicoADF]

-For region-locking to be totally abandoned and all consoles made region-free. Kindof a stretch, since the WiiU already goes against that practice, but it's still something I'd really like to see.

PS3 is already region free with its games, it makes sense that PS4 will follow suit. So that's one wish practically confirmed atleast.

 

[ace_of_something]

that they play games really really well.

 

[Weaver]

I really just want good games. Those have become a rarity now-a-days!

 

[sneakypenguin]

Modular design for upgrades later on.

 

[Zeraki]

To see Mega Man X get the Mega Man 9 treatment.

By that I mean I want to see a Mega Man X9 in 16-bit like the old SNES games. Sadly that will never happen because Capcom seems to hate Mega Man now, and I wouldn't trust them without Keiji Inafune on the project. Not to mention they would probably charge you real world money to unlock all of X's armor pieces like that horrendous Mega Man X mobile remake.

Sadly the only hope I have for an old school Mega Man X game would be this fan game that's been in development for a few years now.

 

[Saelune]

Backwards compatibility.
And the memory space of a PC. Steam opened my eyes to digitial distribution, and the Steambox is gonna press that issue for consoles Im sure.

...and TES VI >.>

 

[imagremlin]

Stop it with the gimmicks. We had the Wii, we thought it was going to be great, it wasn't, we're over that stuff.

Backwards compatibility, all the way back.

But no backwards compat plus new gimmicky controls means I have to keep the old ones hooked and there's already plenty of ridiculous sensors/camera/bars around the TV.

 

[The-Traveling-Bard]

And what's wrong with DLC? I've gotten more characters in fighting games and I've downloaded whole games from the online store, games that are hard to find outside of it. And they aren't on discs that can scratch.

What's wrong with DLC?
Mmm.
I remember the old days when you beat a game. You unlock the characters.
I remember the old days that cool weapons/guns/etc we're unlockables.
I remember when a gaming company would happily put out free extra content with updates/patches to keep the game going.

Not paying 2.99$ for each character.

DLC is... some what a good concept but it's just executed so wrongly that people hate it. Things like on disk dlc, first day dlc.

I think it was Yahtzee who called that Capcom were going to release Dante with white hair in DMC5 for DLC. Really..? REALLY?
A game KNOWN for unlockable skins with each play through and they pull that crap? Yeah. Fuck DLC.