Do Next-Gen Games Give Us Next-Gen Gameplay?

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Magnific0 said:
Well, last generation didn't have such great online play as the current one, community (interaction with friends while playing), online co-op, rankings, achievements. Current tech allows for a better cinematic flow for many games, you could chalk it up to raw power (graphics) but it definitely adds to the gameplay something more than just "make it look pretty". Next-gen also helps improve on physics, better AI, better framerate, better draw-distance. There are tons of things going on many of today's games that are not simply a result of "more polys, HDR, HD textures, better particle effects".

Xbox Live on Xbox offered the online portion you just mentioned last generation.

 

Better framerates?  No.  That will never be a next gen feature.  Frame rates are a balancing act developers will always fight with.   For example, we've had 60 fps games since the N64/PS1 days yet not even half the PS3 games run at 60 fps.  Ironically, more Wii titles run at 60 fps than PS3 titles but as I mentioned, this is not exactly realtive to raw horsepower.