| creampie said: this site is full of madness it is a next gen console by definition |
^ This. Actual generations have nothing to do with power or new IPs. Note that if your mother gives birth in the same year as you or your wife, those two children are of the same generation, even though one is the other's aunt/uncle. A similar concept applies to technology. The Wii was barely more powerful than the X-Box, and not even close to the 360 or PS3, but it was a 7th-gen console because of when it was released.
If you mean anything other than that by "next gen," you are using a vague definition at best and mere buzzwords at worst. If the question is, "How much of a step up from the PS3 and 360 is the Wii U?" then the answer is, "An immeasurable one." You can put a clear value on power (although we haven't nailed that value down just yet), but you can't put a clear value on a different controller. Does the Wii U GamePad represent an improvement in controller design over Sony's DualShock? It's impossible to say for sure, because it's an obvious matter of opinion.
Even disregarding the fact that new IPs are not a requirement for next-gen status, your claim that no new IPs were shown off for Wii U is erroneous. You may actually have been stating that none of the new IPs shown were "stunning," but again, this is a matter of opinion. LEGO is technically an established IP, but LEGO City appears to represent enough of a departure from traditional LEGO gameplay that it counts as a new IP, the way Paper Mario is a separate IP from Mario Party. Like it or not, Nintendo Land is an obvious first-party new IP. Project P-100 is a brand new IP from Platinum Games. There are other new IPs announced but not really shown, although I doubt anyone here cares about SiNG or the sports game Ubisoft is making. Even ZombiU, a revival of a 26-year-old game, is basically a new IP.
