Forbes: Retail Hallucinations And The Pointlessness Of Owning A PlayStation 4 or Xbox One

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bigjon said:
Stupid.

NES to SNES- Same thing with better graphics, SNES to N64/PS same thing but better graphics (the fact PS used a deferent medium is irrelant in this argue because the medium was adopted to fit better graphics and textures on each game)

PS/N64 to PS2/XBOX/GC - same thing but better graphics (PS2 had a dvd player)
PS2/XBOX/GC to Wii/PS3/360 - 1st time we had a console to buy for a reason other that better graphics (being the Wii) and that fad died out and the "better graphics" consoles carried the 2nd half of the gen.

Now here we are? Same thing this gen. In fact these types of drivel articles have been written each gen.

How in the world can you say the SNES to N64 transition was the same thing but with better graphics?  Virtually every genre saw significant changes to the gameplay due to the increase in computing power.  Can you not tell the difference between 2D and 3D gameplay?