Poll: What do you want the PS4 / Xbox 720 to be like ?

[flyingviking]

Yes, I am new and all that, fun fun fun. Hi.

Anyways;

Recently I have seen a couple of things regarding new technology being developed for gaming. And that put me into the following trail of thought: "Where the hell are my 3D helmet / optic-nerve-gaming-suit / holodeck etc, that was promised to be released to the future consoles?" Yes, I know that it may be a while before we can jump into our uber gamingsuits and kill zombies by farting into a 300$ scentdetector. But the matter of fact is, now is the time for future consoles to develop something else than a 30button handcontroller. We have the technology damnit, why not implement it into the gaming experience?

Here is a couple of examples I would like to see put to use in the future consoles:


Yes, gamers prefer to sit on their asses, put this to use somehow, while making us not move:

http://tinyurl.com/nt4db2



This puts the Wii to shame, and I want it for my PS4!!:

http://tinyurl.com/otxjzz

(Yes, I know that the title says it will be released or whatever, but you get the point)

What do you want?

 

[Hazy]

Lets take one generation at a time.
I would however like to see loading times killed.

EDIT: Ninja'd.

 

[Curtmiester]

720? Is that really the name?

 

[flyingviking]

720? Is that really the name?

No idea, I´m just looking to the future

 

[gRiM_rEaPeRsco]

Wheres pc gaming in your poll? *shakes head*

 

[Davey Woo]

I'd like the next Xbox to not be called a 720 for a start.
I think I'd actually Boycott it if it was called that.
I also think that the next Playstation needs to at leas tkeep up with the series with ever-increasing numbers on the end.

For example. PS3 - Devil May Cry 4 - MGS 4.
I think the next Playstation will be the Playstation X or something anyway. Just a hunch.

 

[LivingInStereo]

Well considering everyone is jumping on the motion control money train, and that Nintendo will probably go to HD next gen, the "playing field" as it were will be mostly leveled and it will become mostly a matter of brand preference. Also if the economy shapes up there could be a massive race to secure exclusives.

 

[CyberAkuma]

This puts the Wii to shame, and I want it for my PS4!!:

http://tinyurl.com/otxjzz

What the hell is wrong with all the new people coming to this forum and ranting [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.120381] all about Microsofts Project Nathal being the alleged "Wii-killer".

Please, bring some more FACTS to your claims rather than spewing out dubious opinions and presenting them as solid truth!

The FACT is that 'Project Nathal' (as it is called) is in its earliest stage of pre-alpha build and it will not be available on the market for years.
The unit as it is now has dubious functionality [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/most-embarrassing-best-of-e3/51585] (it made an embarrasing presentation at E3)

The Nathal is new, unproven and unimplemented technology this far and fanboys like to act like as if the Nathal is superior in every way compared to the Nintendo Wii.

Fact is that we have not seen any solid live unedited footage of what the Nathal does in the clip you showed. It's a pre-made pre-rendered fabricated COMMERCIAL where the engineers show you what they want you to see. The fact is that the live tech-demo of Milo was closely monitored and only available for press at E3 and the engineers at Microsoft didn't allow the press-people to do what they wanted to Milo. They had to closely follow orders what to do to Milo from the PR-people and if any person did otherwise they would throw you out of the booth.

There's a lot of smoking mirrors to that video and there is a reason why they did not show a LIVE DEMO at E3 proving that the technology works nearly as good as the commercial shows. People should have learned by now that they shouldn't trust EVERYTHING they see in a trailer unless it is live non-target rendered gameplay.


My OPINION says that I find it difficult to take the Nathal motion-sensor controller seriously for any serious gaming franchaise such as Third-Person shooters, FPS, RTS and RPGs.

How in Gods name are you supposed to micro-manage a huge load of units with a motion sensoring controller? How are you supposed to control your character in first person? How are you supposed to control a hack-and-slash third person in an RPG with that? These are answers that Microsoft don't want to answer. As a matter of a fact is, the Nathal to me is just another step towards the casual gaming audience, one of which Microsoft wants a huge slice of. I can already see a million "party games" being released for that thing, getting slightly less dignity and respect that of the shovelware out for the Wii already.

I for one do NOT want that on a my future console because I for one believe that you cannot control fast-paced action shooters accuratly with that.

I'm not saying that Project Nathal is shit, but for crying out loud, wait a while to see what it can actually do before claiming it being superior to the Wii.

 

[Prowers]

If the PS4 isn't backwards compatible, I won't buy it unless it has good enough games.

 

[flyingviking]

Wheres pc gaming in your poll? *shakes head*

Pc seems to me to develop at an individual rate, depending on what the consumer want in a pc. The Playstation and Xbox comes in a "package", if you will. It´s harder to mod and tweak a console than it is to tweak a pc, and you with consoles you kind of "get what you see". It´s what you want to be included in that console-package I want to hear, therefore no pc in the poll.

However, the holodeck will probably run on a pc I dunooooo

 

[DazZ.]

Types of Computer. Or a computer setup/controller combo.
If they could play against each other that would be hilarious, some sort of league between all the systems is exactly what the fanboys need...
But that would need cooperation from all parties and would take away the business aspect of exclusive titles.

Plus its a terrable idea and gangwars would be started.

 

[Lightnr]

Id like the next gen consoles to have better graphics, more support for media, more support for internet related activities, and keyboard and mouse capabilities (nothing beats that for FPSs).

Wait.... I just described a PC.
Indeed if you look at where consoles came from and where they are headed one thing becomes clear: consoles have been and will continue to become more and more like PCs.

And for those of you who want minimal loading times.... that would imply installation to some internal storage with faster fetch/read times than the DVD drive... sound familiar? ANOTHER FUNCTION OF PCs. muahahahhaaa.

 

[necromanzer52]

For the love of god,it's not going to be called the 720 and I really wish people would stop saying that.

 

[gRiM_rEaPeRsco]

Wheres pc gaming in your poll? *shakes head*

Pc seems to me to develop at an individual rate, depending on what the consumer want in a pc. The Playstation and Xbox comes in a "package", if you will. It´s harder to mod and tweak a console than it is to tweak a pc, and you with consoles you kind of "get what you see". It´s what you want to be included in that console-package I want to hear, therefore no pc in the poll.

However, the holodeck will probably run on a pc I dunooooo

ohh right, sorry i misunderstood, then i would like to see a console with anti-aliasing, why doesn't the ps3 have anti-aliasing? its riculous £300 for a console and £300 for a hdtv and i dont get anti-aliasing? i hope the ps4/xbox720 comes with this most basic of graphics improving mechanic (even basic ASCII character have been anti-aliased)

 

[Prowers]

The next must not be called the wii 2 and should something that sounds cool!

 

[Croaker42]

Nerual interface. *Punches a few holes in the back of his neck.*
Serieously plug me in.

 

[warlored]

i what the ps4 to have legs and hands and i can order it around and than it can rebal and take over the world

 

[flyingviking]

Exactly! It makes sense that sony would call the Play Station the ps4, but microsoft would never be stupid enough to call their xbox the 720?

Who knows? If it´s the Xbox 360, but twice as good, why not 720? Marketing departments aren´t that deep.

 

[Prowers]

For the love of god,it's not going to be called the 720 and I really wish people would stop saying that.

Exactly! Microsoft isn't THAT stupid!