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As others have mentioned, this generation seems to be about refinement more than anything truly new. After all, the excitement about Sony's E3 conference was mainly that things were staying the same.

The refined user experience of turning on the Xbox with voice from the other room and the system signing me in and being ready to go in the by the time I sit down is very cool (It makes signing in and loading up a game, loading up the save, etc., feel very last gen), but it is not as much of a quantum shift as achievements/trophies, HD graphics, cross-game chat, wireless controllers, etc., were last generation.