Or better yet why can't the stream? We can do streaming video and audio, why not streaming games as well? Why do we have to wait days to download a few hundred megs of game files before we can play?

It's really sad that of the three major console makers, 2 are essentially selling the same thing but in different cases. When it comes right down to it, there is no real difference between the 360 and the PS3. Sure there are some differences in specs, but ultimately they do the same thing.

And why, for it's revolution in technology, is the Wii so underpowered? Why doesn't it perform comparable to the the 360 or PS3?

I mean, sure Nintendo wanted to keep costs down but they don't even have a DVD player built in? I can go to Walmart and buy a DVD player for $29 so I'm sure they could have incorporated DVD playback for a few dollars more.

Why are there only 3 console makers? I know others have tried, but why do we always seem to come back to three? It's like search engines - there are 3 main ones. There are 3 main American auto makers. There are three primary TV Networks in the US and I'm sure there are other 3s I'm not thinking of right now.

I mean, I remember when there seemed to be 1/2 dozen different game consoles out there. All my best friends all had different consoles with different games. It was great to go visiting because you didn't see the same games at all the houses. Now you mostly see Xbox or Playstation.

So what's my perfect console?

Well I'd like the intuitive controls found on the Wii, I want the resolution to be what PS3 is supposed to be - for all games - and I don't want to have to go to the store to buy or rent games - I want to be able to select from an online library of hundreds or thousands of games and be able to play them, via streaming technology, when I want without having to wait for a huge download to complete.

I want to be able to play multiple formats of video and audio on my console - not just Blu-ray or HD DVD, or even regular DVD - I want them all, plus I want to be able to play Divx, WMV, RM and anything else out there.

I want the same for music as well - not just CD's or WMA, but MP3s, OGG and everything else.

Most of all I want it affordable - I don't want to pay as much for the console as my first car.

And I want it upgradable - as technology improves I want to be able to throw in another stick of ram (or whatever the memory storage will be), and upgrade the CPU/GPU as required.

In short, I guess I'm saying I want a little more computer in my console, but I don't want another computer - I have a few of those already.