Well, I guess soon enough, Sony wont have nor the best hardware (because scorpio) nor the best software (because nintendo, but its still debatable), but it gets all this love because it has the best balance, yes.

Resident Evil is Capcom.

I think the OP doesnt mean is the best innovating, but its the best balance. Best innovating in Hardware Microsoft, best innovating in sofware, nintendo. The one with best balance between those 2, Sony.  Thats why it is were it is.

No, not much innovation going on over there. It's logical progressions. What's after PS3, PS4 of course. What's different? More power. Not very innovative if you ask me. Say what you want about Nintendo, say they're gimmicky, but they're really the only first party console developer, that's trying to innovate. Same dualshock controller, with maybe a new addition here or there... not saying there's anything wrong with it. I've played my PS4 more than any other console I own at this time, but let's not start pretending like their focus is on innovation.

If you're innovation means power, you've missed the mark.

I was just naming games I'm going to be adding to my PS4 library in the near future. I guess I should have made that clear. But yes, you are correct.

I believed this was the most obvious part, but ok, here we go out the top of my head, in no order in particular:

The Last of Us, Bloodborne, Gravity Rush, The Last Guardian, DriveClub, The Order1886, Knack, Until Dawn, Alienation, Nex Machina, Horizon Zero Dawn, Detroid Become Human, Resogun, Death Stranding, Spiderman, NiOh.

And that is just the most recent ones. I may be forgetting 2 or 3 maybe.

You're just listing games, I'm asking what did these games innovate. 

I wouldn't have it any other way, to be honest.  I play games, not hardware.  I want the platform to actually be a platform, not the focus.  The "lets try this gimmick next" approach can screw off, especially when all it does is provide new ways to make the same old characters jump on things.

When I buy a PC, I buy a black box that does nothing but improve upon the previous black box, which in turn provides the software room to grow and improve.

Gravity rush, how many games are about manipulating gravity? Its differnt that anything else I recall.

Knack, how many games have you be a monster made up of parts, and useing / lose parts to solve mini puzles ect, and fighting... its differnt.

Until dawn.... how many other games before it are like that? is it a new genre?

Horizon Zero dawn.... robot dinosaurs? monster hunter like... and yet not... its differnt.

Death Stranding? see the trailer, same with NiOh.

Sony is probably more balanced than the other two, yes.