I really like the Sony comments about the need to establish one hardware standard.

We have all been negatively effected by the distribution of the superb first party titles which grace the three big consoles.

Consumers pay a very high price for this some having to buy all three machines to be able to enjoy the very best of gaming.

Like sega who has already done a good bit of thinking and decided to concentrate on its core capabilities the rest of the major players should do the same.

Nintendo like Sega should concentrate on the software.Then it would be able to sell a billion copies of its games, as they deserve to do.

Sony as a consumer electronics manufacturer should do what it does best by producing the hardware with the help of its partners such as IBM and Toshiba.

Microsoft should provide the operating/programing environment.

Imagine a machine that has the support of all publishers including the three major hardware manufacturers today.

Metal Gear, GT3, Mario, Metroid, Resident Evil and Halo all on one machine.

They would collectively acheive so much more and the consumer would benefit as well.