Back when the Xbox 360 was reveal, there was a very obvious generational leap evidence in at leas some of the games. Kameo was a GORGEOUS game with massive scale and hundreds of enemies on screen, each with more detail than even the prettiest Xbox character models. Gears of War, revealed at E3 2005 was....Gears of War, and probably oneof the best examples of next gen graphics in 2005.
There was nothing like that at this press conference. There was prettier graphics on display, but they looked merely like much more polished PS3 games. They were not what I was expecting from the sort of next gen people were talking about.
As for the games being early in development...I hate to break it to you, but I've been to about three E3s at this point. I've seen dozens upon dozens of games in an early preview state. And while these games are incomplete and have their glitches and frame rate issues, the graphical fidelity on display is pretty much what you'll get in the final product, aside from the additional polish such as fewer/no graphical glitches, a smoother frame rate, etc. Being early in development does not mean the games will look significantly better in nine months. It means that a significant amount of the game is incomplete, if not unplayable.
It is most definitely true that developers have not begun to capture the PS4's potential in these early games. But this is probably the first console reveal where I've not seen any games that look like a generational leap. Indeed, the impression I got from the press conference is that the next generation, at least on PS4, is going to be a much more polished current generation.
That being said, the last gen and the Wii U don't got anything on that extreme amount of polish and detail that is now possible. But as someone who's never really cared about accurate lighting and thread counts in car seats, I can't say I care. At least, not yet.
I have a feeling that what we got now is just a taste. Whether it's from Sony or Microsoft, the true graphical nature of the next gen will be fully unveiled at E3. Until then, I'll still remain underwhelmed by the graphics on display at that press conference, disappointed by the complete lack of PS3 b/c, and extremely excited for all of the awesome social features/cloud/recommended downloads/DS4 touchpad/Sony's continued hard on for awesome indie games/how awesome Knack is probably going to be.
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