I am ready for a console model that is similar to the way cellphones are sold. I'll pay a subscription fee for a boatload of services included xbox live and cable tv with dvr functionality. All I want in exchange is a new console more often. I want Microsoft to increase the power every year or every other year on their console so that you can constantly get a graphics boost when your contract expires and you never really fall far behind pc.  Thoughts?

i'm not interested in a subscription but i definitely would get behind a yearly remodel (with forward/backward compatibility of course) that get's progressively better. i think continuity would be awesome instead of waiting for a "next" gen.

overpriced but underpowered ??

I would definitely love to see Microsoft do this. I want to see something new from them; something that tries to go beyond just more power. It would definitely spice up our industry more, making things more fun to analyze.

so you want to pay for a console over time, then just paying less upfront for one time?

You're not really paying for it though..  You would be paying for xbox live and a cable subscription anyways.  But because you're doing all of this with Microsoft you receive a discounted console and can get rid of the need for an extra cable box and dvr device.

Just get a PC then. Also the Smartphone business model is a rip off.

oh, I thought by "pulling an apple" you meant going virtually bankrupt and then bringing Bill back

MS can't collapse. Just on their OS based offerings, they can stay alive till the end of time. Be crippled in offerings is more realistic.

yea, I don't see MS collapsing any time soon either :)  just having a bit of fun