It's not that silly... I understand perfectly what you mean tho. Most games at the begining of every gens don't take full advantages of new features yes I'm aware of that. But to tell you frankly, not much is possible on current gen than is not possible on last gen and I say that based on what features were added on both PS3 and 360... controllers are virtually the same, the medium was almost the same (BlueRay proved nothing for PS3 except for more videos)... the only thing that felt like a new gen was the Wii and later Move and Kinect... but "gamers" are so conservative that not much came out of these new inputs...

I just hope next gen they try harder even if gamers keep whining and ask for more same old same old. They have all these amazing input devices and power and features, I want them to use them and show us how next gen games are more than current gen with prettier graphics. Like I said already, Turn10 and their Dravatar thing is very exciting... imagine you play a game (anything) and enemies behave like humans would in a multiplayer game... to me that is already more appealing than prettier graphics...

I was pretty impressed with both systems launch lineups. I remember the 360 launch titles and how they looked compared to these is a pretty big jump. But aside from that we are also finally going to be getting some legit Mmo's, digital distribution, 3d environments, I'm pretty excited.

SNES brought a new controller offering more possibilities. Also far better sounds and WAY better graphics allowing new kind of games. I'm sorry but Star Fox and Killer Instinct show how more advanced the SNES was compared to the NES. PS3 to PS4? About the same!

New controller? Still a tiny pad with buttons, just more. PS4 has a trackpad now and xbox1 has voice commands while the wii has a tablet...those should count too then. How were star fox and killer instinct better than Nes games besides their graphics? Many would even argue that the original super mario bros is better than the versions on SNES...what gives? You're touting graphics now. I would have thought you didn't care.

a game like watch dogs cannot be done on current gen

Yep a tiny pad with buttons... more of them, more possibilities... 

I already stated that PS4 has a trackpad and I hope they use it way more than they used that Sixaxis tilt thingy. Put features on your controllers ok but use them so we know it's not just the same controls from the gen before... PS1-PS2-PS3 and now PS4 have almost the same controller... possibilities are too close to say they offer new possibilities, except for the trackpad.

Starfox and Killer Instinct are not necessarily more fun than NES games, but they offer everything not possible on NES, be it graphics (to this extend I have to say it), sounds, controls man everything screams I'm a next gen game... now look at Infamous Second Son vs Infamous 2... they are the same game one with better graphics that is it...

I'm not saying they are bad games... I'm saying up until now, next gen don't offer much except for better graphics and it's a let down.

Online features will be the big trend for next gen games across the board even tho it's not necesserily a local hardware thing. Ubisoft especially is pushing into multiplayer mixed with singleplayer style experiances. And that trend will only get bigger. features like tight platform wide social intergration will be a gamechanger for a lot of games across the board, but that kind of thing doesn't show well in trailers and stage demos. Just look at the number of MMOs are coming to next gen consoles.

Next gen hardware will really help push the scope and scale, as well as detail and veriaty of games to new levels. Which will really change the experiance even if the core gameplay loop may be possible on older consoles. Things like procedural animation and physics will of course leed to new gameplay experiances with the same old gameplay loops. Just being able to have more than half a dozzen enemy types with their own AI on screen at once will lead to a lot of different experiances.

I'll chime in to support you by saying the SNES controller was revolutionary because it allowed for more gamplay mechanics in games. There were four additional buttons on the controller that benefitted games like fighters, racers, and even platformers because you could simply do more than just two simple actions like on the NES. Sure it wasn't a shift to 3D, but the SNES definitely did more for gaming than some people here are giving it credit (or not giving it credit) for.

You better tell Ubisoft that...

So essentially STarfox and K.I. are higher tech than Nes games right? Infamous: SS is higher tech than Infamous 2...same thing. You are comparing different genres of games to make a point. Star fox and K.I. only screamed "nex-gen" because their style of games weren't done on NES previously. Now, to use your type of comparison, what was the difference between Super Mario Bros (NES) and Super Mario World (SNES) besides graphics? In both games, you jumped up and down and moved from left to right. Both were also played with 2 buttons.