Microsoft and Sony need to embrace Tablets for their next-gen consoles

[TadpoleJackson]

RVDondaPC said:

You clearly don't know what a gimmick is. BluRay/DVD, cell processor, XBL,  and achievements are not gimmicks. The eyetoy maybe, but it was never really used as a marketing tool. The kinect would  be considered a gimmick because it seemed to be developed to use more as a marketing tooll rather than adding substance to the actual system. 

No... I don't think you know what gimmick means. 

Straight from wiki

"a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries..." 

XBL, achievements, eyetoy, DVD/blu-ray playback, and to a point the cell processor made their respective consoles stand out from the pack.