Intrinsic said:
I can't argue with that logic, and anyone that thinks like that is completely right. But thats not a bad thing per say. Its not like all 160M people that bought a PS360 is going to or expected to buy the PS4/XB1 in its first year. So its completely ok if there are some that hold out because they need more convincing. That convincing will no doubt come in time, if not in the first year in the second and if not that in the third. I for one held out on every single game released after the PS4 reveal in feb 2013 cause I was convinced that most of those games would make it over to the PS4. And I also knew that I would be buying every single game on the PS4 which would be the only console I would have for a while so I was all set. There are a lot of people that sold off the older consoles just before the launch of the new consoles and then went on to buy a console. But yh, I think in the first year at least it makes very little sense owning but a current and last gen console. As for your hopes? well sorry to burst your bubble but all we will get next gen is probably 4k gaming and the same of everything we are getting now but maybe running at 60fps. Sooner or later gamers will have to accept that theer isn't really much more they can do with a games graphics. Yes, we will have more of everyting and things will be sharper and look better, but they wouldn't look so good that they would put the best of what this current gen will produce to shame. What we will be playing on this current gen in a year or two will be better than majority of the CG stuff we had in games last gen or the gen before. And thats saying a lot. Case in point, just look at the FF15 tech demo, Uncharted 4, Driveclub....etc then try and imagine how anything in 6yrs time will put them to shame. Look better and sharper? no doubt, but never again will we see where new hardwre puts anything to shame anymore. Unless we are talking quantum processing.... even that is a big if cause you can only put so many polygons, textures and shaders on a face. Even the GPU manufacturers know this, back then, with the launch of every new GPU they would release a tech demo showing the world what that GPU can do. These days, they have all collectively canned the tech demo and talk about cores and clock rates instead. |
Yeah, it's not really a bad thing. Saying that gen 8 is underwhelming in terms of new content, visuals, innovations or playstyles is only in comparisson to previous gens that offered more ground-breaking changes. It doesn't mean that the new products aren't a lot of fun in and of themselves and full of great games. And I condsider myself a classic gamer who is content with new offerings in classic genres.
And you're not bursting my bubble, lol. I'm not EXPECTING great innovations in gen 9. Just quietly hoping that something will come along that we don't expect. We didn't expect the Wii, and it was exciting. I didn't know polygon-based gaming was possible until it was shown. So who knows, someone may come up with something crazy in the next few years.
