What do you think the next generation of video game consoles will be like?

Next gen console will require no controllers, you will control the games by a series of blinks with your eyes. They won’t sell actual consoles anymore, instead you have surgery to implant a chip into your brain, you won’t need a tv because the images will be implanted into your brain. Whenever you want to buy a new game its downloaded wirelessly into your head through the internet.

True story :P

Escapism, lol.

Holy Macaroni, I hope I don’t have to have anything put in my brain to play a game.
I DO think the graphics are going to be better, though.
Even though I’m still happy playing 8-bit.

I’ll bet there will be some sort of sensors in the console that you mount on top of your TV and they’ll pick up the cones and rods in the retinas and use those to make moves. There will be wireless sensors in some sort of gloves / socks to put on your hands and feet for “holding” anything, like a golf club, gun, steering wheel or brake, or to simulate movement, also rigged to the console.

I’m surprised there isn’t something like this now.

Have you seen Microsoft’s plans on there newest addition they stated in late 2008 that there plans are to not create a new console every 5–10 years but to start making additions onto the game like there new addition supposed to be released this Christmas season which will make it a wireless and no controls the games are played in 3d you kick your avatar kicks

project natal

Edit: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/

@aprilsimnel – Xbox and Ps3 already have sensor things that you can control by moving your body like that. Not sure if they are released yet or still in development.

Companies aren’t going to aim for consols anymore, they’ve already been looking forward to a new approach

I hope they don’t make it where you have to move around and kick and punch to make your character do things. That totally goes against what video games do. It’s an escape from reality, where you control the character with controls(Joystick, arrowkeys, X Y triangle) All that.

They would be like, operated mentally with a tv screen. (I would say no to project images into my brain because I wouldn’t want to hit anyone who was in my way accidentally as I’m playing)

If consoles are indeed the approach that the so called “next generation” will use, I’m expecting game systems to begin to transcend mere gaming functionality and begin to take their place as the primary household processing unit.

PS3’s are already being used as a cheap alternative to the supercomputer, and both it and the PS2 have been desired not only for their gaming, but for their ability to play DVDs and blu-ray discs. These units are not just for gaming, but serve as a primary entertainment unit in a household.

In 2009, we saw the explosion of the iPhone app. It has become apparent that there is almost no limit to the creative functionality that even so limited a computer can handle. People have been downloading apps at an extraordinary rate to suit their lifestyles. Now if only we could combine this kind of mobile functionality to our entire lives…

I foresee the next generation of game systems to be powerful computers that can serve both entertainment needs, and as being a wireless, central processing unit for an entire home. Remember when you were a kid and they told you that one day computers would be checking our fridges for milk and ordering it when you were low, turning on the heat at your home 20 minutes before you arrive and storing all of your pictures, music and media to be beamed to any location in a flash? All these futuristic things are very possible at the moment but some kind of affordable standardized system for the network is lacking. This idea was already thrown about with the PS3, but certain budget restraints prevented it from happening.

Console companies are creating new, state of the art technology, and such innovation doesn’t come cheap. With all the competition in the game industry, I think there is very little chance the next generation of systems can afford to dedicate their efforts strictly to playing video games and watching movies. Bring on the HomeStation!