I purchased the ps4 around october of last year and the xbone in December.  In a little than 3 months apart from one another.  During that subsequent time, I had gone to my local game resller and began to purchase big AAA titles for both consoles.  I go dbz zenoverse 2, i got battlefield along with my xbone, destiny, 2k17, cod ghost, ff15, uncharted 4, titan fall and overwatch.  A lot of them at discount of course.  But now, I'm tired of them all.  I'm tired of gaming in general.  It's all borning, its just all the same.  Same as when i played them on ps3 and 360.  Talk about a gimmick that gets stale: graphics.  It's beautiful, its breathtaking, it's artistic, but it gets worn out.  I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like there's nothing new to these two powerful systems. 

Nintendo gets flack for all their touch, motion, distance measuring joy cons.  But, at least they're trying.  Yes, they're not very popular, but they're trying something new.  The price for icicle jingling is high, but that's an attempt at something that may come.  There is looming the danger of consoles fading and personally, I don't want that.  I like consoles.  I have pc and all other consoles except of course the Switch, but there is something about a console that I can't imagine living without.  But the thing is, no one else is trying to push the envelope on where games are going.  VR isn't new, Vr has been a thing since the 90's, and I will admit that it's getting better, but that's because it's a natural progression in gaming.  So, come on, let's move towards the future of gaming and ever closer to the Star Trek holodeck.  Sitting on the couch is fine, but imagine using your neural patterns someday to move your games.  It may not come soon, but before I die, I would at least get to that point in gaming. 

I don't think it's as simple as power vs. innovation, or graphics vs. gameplay, another dichotomy that pops up every now and then on the forum.

I want to look at a case study if you'll permit me. Let's go back in time to 2013. Sony launches Tearaway on Vita and Nintendo launches A Link Between Worlds on 3DS.

Tearaway is innovative, it's creative, it's endlessly inventive. It uses the microphone, camera, and touchpad on the Vita. It's overflowing with new ideas and concepts. And it's kind of a dud. 

A Link Between Worlds basically imports its entire overworld from a game from 1992. Heck, it looks like a game that could run on SNES. Apart from some nifty Streetpass functionality it basically conforms to the Zelda mechanics and tropes set by A Link to the Past, 20+ years earlier. Yet it plays like a dream.

Innovation and creativity without strong design to back them up is kind of shallow, just like great graphics and physics without strong design to back them up is kind of hollow. New features and inventive mechanics can give a boost to a well-designed game, just as great graphics and lighting can enhance a well-designed game, but they can never stand on their own.

I think that some folks have a difficult time articulating exactly what it is they like in a game, and so they fall back on buzzwords like "gameplay" and "innovation" without really unpacking what those words represent. People aren't buying PS4s and XOnes to gawk at the graphics. They're buying them because they love the freedom of Grand Theft Auto and the visceral action of Call of Duty. People aren't buying 3DSes and, now, Switches, because they support so many innovative games. They're buying them because they love the thrill of the hunt in Pokemon or the sense of adventure in Zelda.

That looks like an actual worthy successor to the Wii U.

How was Killzone 3 (In 3D with Sharpshooter) btw? I'm assuming it was good? Better aiming than with thumbstick?