I think a lot of us don't understand the meaning of "competition"

[VanceIX]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

VanceIX said:

Compared to most of the consoles from the last few generations (with the exception of the Gamecube, perhaps), the PS4 has put MUCH less emphasis on multimedia. It plays blu-ray, but it dosen't advertise it nearly as much as the PS3 did. It does Netflix. Once again, not much advertisement. Sony's campaign and emphasis on the console this generation was almost purely on core gaming, with little emphasis on the other features. And I said it is innovative in modern gaming, as in it concentrates on pure, traditional gaming in an era in which manufacturers are increasingly wanting their hardware to be "jack-of-all-trades" and want to fundamentally change game controls in a different way every generation.

I see what you're saying. I think we're just disagreeing on semantics. Innovative seems like the wrong word to use, but I understand what you mean.

I dunno, I don't see the PS4 as particularly innovative or games-focused, at least not compared against the other current-gen systems. It strikes me as an iterative console with an iterative controller and a comprehensive suite of multimedia options. It's an evolution of the PS3, which was an evolution of the PS2, which was an evolution of the PS1. 

I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing. Judging by sales that's obviously what people want.

Maybe a better way of wording it would be to say "appeal to consumers" rather than innovation. Innovation is a pretty broad term, as another poster mentioned before, but I was just referring to them trying something relatively new for this era of gaming. I guess we differ in opinion on the PS4 being an iterative console, but that's alright. Every consumer speaks with their wallet, that's how companies tell what their doing right or wrong.