A203D said:
I consider blu ray and HD innovations. and i consider the PS3's cells porcessor innovative. i think some games have been innovative, like heavy rain, or alan wake, bayonetta, god of war 3, etc, stuff that couldnt be done before. |
A203D, although I think mhsillen opinion to be very extreme, there is some truth in it. Sony and Microsoft just brought our old pal, PC gaming, to consoles. Online playing and high resolution graphics became very affordable and that was really good, but not innovative. Not all features should be innovative and many new concepts need several rounds of improvement before being any good. Also, blu-ray players and the cell processor are, perhaps, technical innovations but not in the field of gaming, where game experience, and not hardware components matter.
Your choice of games could also be better. I didn't liked Heavy Rain, but I concede it was innovative. However, Alan Wake, Bayonetta, and God of War 3 were just more of the same, no matter how good they were.
Finally, concerning mhsillen last argument, he is right on general terms. Any big company will be afraid of investing much money in untried concepts, especially when the development costs went as high as they did in the gaming industry. In the other hand, great companies also know they have to risk from time to time to get new customers. That was what Nintendo did this generation. They did a great bet in motion controls and accessibility and they are now getting their deserved share. Microsoft is usually very conservative but Sony did some pretty interesting experiments, such as Heavy Rain.
