| Crono141 said:
Gears of War was not a launch title, nor a launch window title. But I agree, it was the first game that really showed off what the 360 could do other than higher resolutions. I think you'll see an equivalent title for WiiU 6 months or so after launch that will show what it really can do. |
I remember soon after the launch of the XBox 360 Microsoft set up a display at Walmart and there was a crowd looking at the games playing. A comment that was said more than once was "It looks just like XBox games" ... While that wasn't strictly true, it did show off how launch games failed to impress most people.
While I admit this is cherry-picking screenshots, let's have a look at a couple of XBox 360 launch games:
While these games dont necessarily look 'bad' they don't look impressive next to the kinds of games that are being produced on the 360 today:
