Soundwave said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
Absolutely. I picked up a Wii U at launch because I wanted to try Nintendo in HD, wanted free online and it seemed kinda novel. I picked up 5 outstanding titles, NSMB, NintendoLand, ACIII, Batman:AC and CO:BLOPS. Pretty hard to argue with the value in that content. But I could have picked up 3/5 on my 360 without much difference. And that holds true for One and 4. I thought about picking up the White PS4 Destiny bundle, but then I said frig it. I'll just pay $50 for an XBox Gold membership for the year and play NHL 15, Destiny and COD:AW - the games I would want on PS4 - on the system I already have. And not much of the experience will be lost except I'll be playing it at 720p instead of 1080p. It will still look beautiful.
We're approaching one full year into next gen and there isn't much content yet that is anything more than PS360 with a little better resolution. I think One and 4 are fine systems and I will probably pick up one of them next year, but this has to be the slowest start of any generation of games, ever. I agree, I think we've hit a bit of a level where big increases in processing deliver smaller improvements in visuals, and that fundamental gameplay mechanics are at a bit of a standstill. It's not like we can double the number of buttons or add a third analogue stick or move from 3D to 4D. We're at a bit of a plateau.
I hold out hope that something will come along and make gen 9 the breathtaking experience that 16-bit, 3D, HD, online or motion-gaming could give.
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Morpheus/Occulus Rift VR is pretty much going to be it this gen.
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Yeah, and that's pathetic. I find VR so unapealing. All of the companies attempted the "second screen" thing to some extent, but that just isn't all that fun. The one game that could have used it in a cool way is Evolve, and that isn't even coming to Wii U.
I'd love to see something really cool come along in a few years out of the blue.
