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Sat 26/02/05 at 20:22
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"TheGamingWizard!!!!"
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Think about it, all consoles combined. Amazing, just think about it.

The whole world can join in unity because of this beautiful console...

The possibilities are endless....

Could it bring world peace???




Answer: Probably not

This could be the best invention ever made 4 the gaming community. It will also end the old "Which console is best?" agruments. (Thank God)

What name will it have, what game will there be,what shape will it have and who will make it?

Thats 4 you to decide......
Sun 27/02/05 at 07:42
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"Bicycle"
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Aye, but the PC market is held, at heart, by custom PC builders. Now, if only we could build custom Consoles... PS2 with GBA port? No problem :D.

However, one thing that's more likely to happen is a Universal online play system, something like CentralStation or Xbox Live!, only for all the next generation consoles, which'll allow you to play against your mate wether or not he's using the same console as you. Cunning, non?
Sun 27/02/05 at 02:14
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"Monochromatic"
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It'll never happen completely, the clostest you'll get to it would be the equivalent of the pc market, one company dominates and maybe a couple of smaller companies lagging behind. Do you really want that when they could do what they want without any fear of alienating their buyers, they'll never team up, shared responsibilities means shared profits.
Sun 27/02/05 at 00:49
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but be thankfull, we all get to play Sega games now!!!
Sun 27/02/05 at 00:48
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Sony would want to make cheap parts, Microsoft would want to charge fee's while Nintendo would rarther be out of business.
What seemed the most likely thing that was ever to happen would of been different consols that played the same media, like vcr or dvd players.

Howevor now i could see the most likely thing being online consolse which you download the same games for, howevor you would still get exclusives, and for multi-format games you would have to select the right box, like operating systems when downloading software from the internet.
Sun 27/02/05 at 00:41
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"Bicycle"
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Or not.
Sat 26/02/05 at 20:46
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"The definitive tag"
Posts: 3,752
It Is Not You Its Me wrote:
> It Could be made by all the major companys and unluckily would cost
> about £1000. And it would be a cross between the PS2, Xbox and
> GameCube.

I think Kawada has already put an end to this thread.
Sat 26/02/05 at 20:38
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"Brooklyn boy"
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One console in the market means no competition and no competition means they can charge whatever they think they can get away with.
Sat 26/02/05 at 20:30
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"The definitive tag"
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Physically it would be huge.
Sat 26/02/05 at 20:28
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"TheGamingWizard!!!!"
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it was a good idea though
Sat 26/02/05 at 20:26
"period drama"
Posts: 19,792
Well, yeah, but it's never going to happen.
Sony would be a bit useless anyway.

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