If Apple, MS, SONY and Nintendo came up with one console collectively...

.. and ending the system wars as we know it. Do you think it would be a good / bad thing for the industry?

SONY does the hardware manufacturing (assembly line only)

MS the OS + hardware architecture + online

Apple does the design + OS interface + iTunes app

and Nintendo (along with the rest) release their exclusive titles on this console.

.. and ending the system wars as we know it. Do you think it would be a good / bad thing for the industry?

SONY does the hardware

MS the OS + architecture + online

Apple does the design + OS interface + iTunes app

and Nintendo (along with the rest) release their exclusive titles on this console.

Mystery_Writer

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.. and ending the system wars as we know it. Do you think it would be a good / bad thing for the industry?

SONY does the hardware

MS the OS + architecture + online

Apple does the design + OS interface + iTunes app

and Nintendo (along with the rest) release their exclusive titles on this console.

rzepak

No competition. They will release a console without trying to 1up themselves as hard if there were multiple parties involved. It would be a bad thing.

It probably wouldn't be a very good console. The starting price would be unreasonably high, the online would likely cost more than Live, and there'd be no reason for them to update the system throughout it's lifespan, unless they wanted people to pay for patches.

the IBOXu 3?

I'd rather Sony choose the games.

That would be a PC.anbu-black-ops

We'd be reaching NEO GEO game prices.

Somehow, I can't picture that happening. But, it would be funny to see the reaction of the fanbois. :lol:

Well, it's like that old joke.

In heaven, Sony does the interface, MS does the online service, Apple does the hardware design, and Nintendo does the exclusive games.

In hell, Sony does the online service, MS does the hardware design, Apple does the exclusive games, and Nintendo does the interface.

.. and ending the system wars as we know it. Do you think it would be a good / bad thing for the industry?

SONY does the hardware manufacturing (assembly line only)

MS the OS + hardware architecture + online

Apple does the design + OS interface + iTunes app

and Nintendo (along with the rest) release their exclusive titles on this console.

Mystery_Writer

[QUOTE="rzepak"][QUOTE="Mystery_Writer"]

.. and ending the system wars as we know it. Do you think it would be a good / bad thing for the industry?

SONY does the hardware

MS the OS + architecture + online

Apple does the design + OS interface + iTunes app

and Nintendo (along with the rest) release their exclusive titles on this console.

Mystery_Writer

And what exactly is wrong with the cell? It is more powerful then the CPU of the 360, and with a great GPU and RAM that isn't split, plus the fact that it was the only console out there, I don't think it would be an issue. You should maybe learn up a little more, Sony might not be that great with Software, but other then a few mistakes, they know their hardware better then MS.

It would still be surpassed by the PC two years later.

So we would have Sony promising the world, MS telling us we already have the world, and Apple charging us the world. Sounds great :( BibiMaghoo

.. and ending the system wars as we know it. Do you think it would be a good / bad thing for the industry?

SONY does the hardware manufacturing (assembly line only)

MS the OS + hardware architecture + online

Apple does the design + OS interface + iTunes app

and Nintendo (along with the rest) release their exclusive titles on this console.

Mystery_Writer

So you'd like an over-priced, breaking, hard to program for and motion-control based console, eh? :P