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Will the 8th Generation of consoles be different enough to excite you?

Yes - I am excited for Wii U 18 20.00%
 
Yes - I am excited for PS4 24 26.67%
 
Yes - I am excited for XBox^3 25 27.78%
 
Yes - I am excited for Vita 8 8.89%
 
Yes - I am already enjoying the 3DS 3 3.33%
 
No - The 8th generation o... 12 13.33%
 
Total:90

I WANT MORE POWER!!!

Yup, that is basically it, prettier games with better stat tracking (as I love stat tracking...). Whilst Uncharted and Gears have nice enough graphics, I would like those graphics to extend to open world games with truly living and breathing cities. R* have come the closest to that, but there is still a long way to go with AI and more unique character models and buildings



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I'm excited for the Wii U.....Nintendo is always innovating...which is great, but now they have
great processing power to go along with the system...that is going to make hardcore gamers go with
Nintendo for their beloved Call of duty games and other Online Multiplayer games



Well i like the Wii-U's tablet controller. The fact that it's HD is enough for me, not a big graphics person.

I still don't have personal expectations for PS4 hardware aside from software.



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Gaming on: PS4 Pro, Switch, SNES Mini, Wii U, PC (i5-7400, GTX 1060)

I'd like to add that the Vita and 3DS are fine the way they are, aside from 3DS game drought.



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Gaming on: PS4 Pro, Switch, SNES Mini, Wii U, PC (i5-7400, GTX 1060)

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I'm expecting more of the same. In an good way.
1080p native, better loading times, better UI, better connectivity, apps...etc



Not going to vote for a specific platform - you lack an option for "Yes, I'm excited about the next console/handheld generation".

I am excited though - current PC specs are basically going to waste on running better textures and a few effects on top of console games built for six year old technology. Only when we get a new lowest common denominator in the form of PS4/720 will we see what modern technology is really good for. Real time deformation, on-screen objects, animation, physics - we should be seeing a pretty big jump for all of that.



ctalkeb said:
Not going to vote for a specific platform - you lack an option for "Yes, I'm excited about the next console/handheld generation".

I am excited though - current PC specs are basically going to waste on running better textures and a few effects on top of console games built for six year old technology. Only when we get a new lowest common denominator in the form of PS4/720 will we see what modern technology is really good for. Real time deformation, on-screen objects, animation, physics - we should be seeing a pretty big jump for all of that.


Seriously, I am pretty much looking forward to everything minus one, so I can't really vote either. 



 

Since watching every E3 week since 2003, I watched 1st and 3rd parties show and boast how they are bringing something that fans want in the future and each year it seemed that the games coming out soon were looking better, moving faster, and pushing more of what the system can do. Right now I see nothing but good things for each console (except for vita.) The wii u (terrible name) is gonna push third party support, innovation, and (probably the most influential of all) convenience . Xbox will promote the hell out kinect more and it will get some more f/tps and adventure games from its first party ( I've given up on Rare.) Playstation will hopefully stick with sackboy and make him their mascot and push their play create share model for games. 3ds gave me some good games for free so I'm not complaining ( :) .) When I saw Vita ( another terrible name) I thought it would be cool with its entire library to download, OLED screen, "transfarring" , but for each positive i saw even worse negatives that came with it (expensive proprietary memory cards, a weak battery at sub optimal settings, buying the same games twice.) But that isn't my biggest gripe with the Vita ( man that name is terrible ) is that its going to split it self into 2 useless skus at launch. The reason the first at $300 is useless is because it boasts a higher price because it has 3G when AT&T already has 4G networks ( and I'm sure japan has 4G networks as well.) The sku at $250 is a bust because the hardcore at launch always bought the more expensive sku because they believe that if they are in it for the long haul, why the hell would they buy the inferior sku. ( My friends bought the 60g and the pro. I think I only saw 1 core and I never saw a 20g.) If Sony is smart they should hold off the $250 version and put 4G in the 3G sku. Other than that it looks like its getting some cool games and the screen looks like its gonna be a scratch magnet (sorry for the rant.) Each system seems like its gonna put out great things so I only see sunshine and butterflies in my view and as long as I still see trailers for upcoming games and can play and talk about them with my friends, I will always be excited for games on whatever they're on (even if they turn out to be crap.) :)


tldr: yes I'm excited for all but skeptical for vita



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IPad/Ipad 2 are providing strong competition to the 3DS and Vita in the portable handheld device/tablet market.

As far as consoles are concerned I would like to see how the PS4 and Next XBox perform for their first two years and see good games libraries grow in size and must be backwards compatible with this generation. 2015 is a good year to buy a next generation console system.