Six Things Microsoft and Nintendo Should Steal from Sony

[theRepublic]

1. Build a Future-Proof Console

All that this will do would be to put your product into a price range that most consumers will not buy it. In the PS3's case, it still hasn't done much to distance itself from the 360 even though it is "futureproof". In any case, it is unlikely that the PS3 will last longer than the 360 and Wii.

2. Make a Less Restricted Downloadable Game Market

The Wii's Virtual Console and WiiWare are great. The one complaint is storage, which I will get to later.

3. Make Rechargeable Batteries the Standard

Rechargeable AAs are the way to go in my opinion. Proprietary batteries are not necessary.

4. Implement Blu-ray

For this generation, I think BluRay was a burden that made PS3s too expensive. For next generation, it would probably be in Microsoft's interests to include BluRay.

5. Make a More Media Friendly Console

A video game console does not need to be a media center. Nintendo has proved this. The Wii doesn't even play DVDs, and I don't need it to play them either. I see Nintendo using a proprietary format again next generation.

6. Put a Hard Drive in Every Console

I agree, but I don't want to be installing my games either. The hard drive needs to be big enough for my downloadable games, but small enough that developers are not tempted to use it for disc based games. It would be good if the Wii had more internal flash memory than half a gig, but I think the sweet spot is probably 2 to 10 gigs.