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Impulsivity said:
HappySqurriel said:
Impulsivity said:

 

   The point is not that it can't be better, it CAN be better, the question is to what degree would it be better.

   Mild differences don't change the game, its been that way for a long time.  Genesis did what Nintendo Don't remember?  It was 16 bit, it had better graphics and it still couldn't pass the NES because it wasn't better enough.  Ditto for the Dreamcast, it was better then the PSX but not enough better that it could take things over and end the previous generation.  The original xbox had a hard drive, more shaders and all that vs the PS2 but it was a marginal difference and so it didn't sell.

    Any box you could make by 2010 would probably be better then the PS3 (ok almost certainly) but would NOT be significantly better.  It would be like the PS2 vs the Xbox or at most the dreamcast vs the PSX.  It would NOT be the 360 vs the PS2 and would not be a game changer to start a new generation in a meaningful way.

 

    Most people don't pay out the nose for minor diffrences, it has to have a WOW effect, like WOW this is way better I must have it (like the PS2 elicited when playing PSX games of the 360 and PS3 elicited when comparing those games to the PS2).

 

So a system with noticeably improved one to one Wiimote controlls, that has a graphical jump over the PS3/XBox 360 similar in proportion to the jump from the Wii to the PS3/XBox 360 wouldn't offer any additional value?

 

     The PS3 can already do the one to one Wiimote type stuff in terms of capacity.  All it would take is a peripheral (in fact the PS2 is getting some Wii like sword games using the eye toy).

 

    In terms of better graphics beyond the PS3/360 there really isn't a point until TVs change.  What good would better resolution capacity and more polygons do if you have to keep everything constrained to 1080p?  Until TV tech advances even extra processor power would more or less go to waste since display is constrained by....your display!

 

Name 1 add on that was purchased by more than 25% of a systems userbase?

The second part of your post is absolutely 100% BS ... Until videogames match the quality of pre-rendered movies at 1080p you can't make the claim that we're limited by the display.