I dont mind paying for online if the provider is giving me the better experience over the other "free" online services

1. I'm not sure if MS would take the free route in the next-gen. They've been charging for online play since 10 years, why change now?

3. This is never going to happen because the point of consoles is buy once and play for 5 years. It's not necessary that everyone will upgrade the hardware every 3 years and I don't think it's a feasible idea too.

4. The reason why I think they don't ship with an HDMI cable because you can get an HDMI cable for $5 and standard MS or Sony one cost $50. It just increases the cost of the console unnecessarily.

why dont you just go play on pc jesus

2 no just because they are famous doesnt mean they are good voice actors

3 pc lets you do this

4 accessories are optional

5 all your games are on hard drive

As i said regarding upgradable consoles : Well, regarding upgrading consoles it's up to the manufacturers to come up wit ha practical way to do it, like after 3 years you can just buy small piece to hook it up in your device and that's it, and games after that can be played on both upgraded and original consoles. or something like that.

Anyway nothing is impossible, who knows maybe one day we might see it.

1- Not going to happen. It will probably go the other way with Sony and Nintendo charging to play online.

2- Famous people = $$$$. That means less money for artists and programmers.

3- As other people have pointed out, upgradable console defeats the purpose of consoles.

4- I'd rather have the optional accessories left out and have a lower price for the base console. If I want the optional piece, I'll buy it.

5- The added cost would out weigh the benefit of having not to walk 4 feet.

Nah, this just sounds like a "Pimp My Console" sort of upgrade.

First off, celebrity voice actors are only good if they're actually good at voice acting. Most of them aren't (as evidenced by the Simpsons and many other celebrity cameos in TV/Film/Games). I don't think I'd want to play a game that involved Jay Z voice acting without having to run to a doctor and have myself checked for ear cancer.

Accessories are how the console makers recoup some of their losses during the period when the console costs much more money to build than it does to the consumer. This won't change. Accessories are generally cheap and easy to make but they mark up the price based on necessity and how much of a luxury item they are. Granted, I'd like to see my console come with 2 controllers, but this generally ends up happening about a year or two into the lifecycle at the retail level (usually around Christmas).

Upgrading isn't a good idea with consoles. They are made for the masses, and games that would require consumers to upgrade increases the risk of a large number of people ruining their machines and a class action suit. Plus, if they feel they aren't going to get the most out of their games after already dropping 300 beans on a piece of kit, they might be slightly miffed.

Digital downloads look to be replacing disc media altogether, I imagine the next gen will be built around a digital distribution model. Retailers will likely sell games on flash drives or have kiosks to allow users to load them onto their own external HDD/USB stick, while disc media is slowly phased out.

Free online is likely and preferable, yes, but expect to see more pay-for-more subscription services like COD Elite when this happens.

Pretty sure that Sega proved that expansions for consoles don't work with all of the add-ons they made for the Genesis.

Between cloud storage and terabyte discs, there is no need for something like a disc changer. Not unless someone stays with standard DVDs and even then.

2, 3 and 5 have no importance to me. I also understand why 4 doesn't always happen - I'd rather have the base unit be one SKU, then the more money you spend the more accessories you get.

1 will never happen if you go with Microsoft, sorry. In fact, expect to spend more - either that or ActivisionEA will start charging for online play of their more popular games.

Instead of a disc changer how about copying games to the hard drive from the disc

What OP really wants next gen is a PC.

1. Microsoft will continue to charge for XBL as a premium service. Sony, EA, THQ, Ubisoft will continue to have online passes for second-hand purchases and this will likely become more popular by publishers under the guise that it supports the developers when it should all be going to devs instead of half to devs and have to publishers.

2. Surprisingly, this has grown proportionate to the growth of the industry. If the industry continues to remain as it is or grows, it will see further growth in this area.

3. Won't happen. That's the whole attraction and point of consoles, they're not PCs.

4. Accessories increase cost and thereby price. They will look to present their system at the lowest price possible. They will only include accessories up to a point that it won't extend beyond their pricing plans.

5. Unnecessary and bulky. People don't swap discs that often, even for multi-disc games. This will increase the size of the console more than necessary, implement additional features that will increase heat output, and cost more to replace if one element of it fails. Truly unnecessary, though.

1- Free Online Gaming On All Consoles:

Their bad enough even when their been charged for never mind free, lag fest P2P , host migration crap.

2- More Famous Actors/Musicians:

More game play first , linear levels , buggy games , follow guy A all the time till completed , 6 hour campaigns WHAT THE HELL !!!

3-Upgradable Consoles:

Its called the next gen of consoles that's when you upgrade ps1 , ps2 , ps3 , ps4 and so on, sadly you have to wait. If not get a PC.

4-Consoles shipped with standard accessories:

Consoles are sold at a loss so making back a profit with over priced accessories and software + premium services is why this ain't gonna happen.

5-Disc Changer:

Hard Drive install , learn how to upgrade your current one if space is an issue.

PC gamers can enjoy more futuristic pretty version of "Battlefield 3"

Prettier doesn't make things next gen.

#3 Just won't happen, as consoles proceed into the future the more talk of "Cloud gaming" comes into topic