There is a a difference between advancement and innovation. I'm sorry but Blu-ray is not an innovation. You can give Sony credit for backing their format and putting it in every unit, unlike Microsoft, but that still doesn't make it an innovation.

Sony didn't bring any innovation to the PS3. Its basically a PS2 with better graphics. Its only innovation is the sixaxis controller which they brought in because Nintendo was going to release the Wiimote and Sony wanted to counter it. Therefore no innovation at all.

in·no·vate

1. to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.

I'm not sure many of you really grasp the definition of innovation.

Simply put, Sony have definetly innovated this generation. Blu-ray is a completely new format and is substantially different to DVD. As such, it's regarded as an innovation.

The Cell Processor can also be considered an innovation.

Name me 10 games that use 1080p resolutions.

Yer neither is particularly innovative motion controlls have been around for years i bought a gyro-mouse years before the Wii or Ps3 ever existed.
The software is lagging on the PS3.
The hardware on PS3 and X360 is pretty cutting edge still the Cell(ps3) or the xenon(x360) have much to offer if developers ever get to grips with SIMD and multi threaded code.

Aside from better graphics not much has improved with a few exceptions like various Wii games and of course Motorstorm 2 (if it ever arrives).
There is plenty of scope for improvement still on the Ps3 ,X360 and the Wii. Most of the current games are just HD versions of old Ps2 and Xbox titles.
If the Ps3 did not play blu-ray movies i would have tipped it in the trash by now !.

If your the PS3's number 1 fan then that is scary.  

I think we have a very different idea of innovation here. Is doing the same thing that was done last gen, but bigger and better innovative? Even if one dictionary says so, I don't think it accurately represents everyday usage anymore.

I'm not saying all games are the same as last gen, as there are several that use the horsepower of the HD consoles and PCs to do stuff that couldn't be done on the Wii or last gen consoles, but the 360 and PS3 aren't really doing anything except increasing what they already had.

Aside from adding high definition graphics, the PS3 has done a decent job at emulating Xbox Live, which again has done an ok job at offering almost PC level multiplayer to console games, as well as the kind of online stores PCs have had for I don't even remember how long, but that's pretty much it. Being able to watch Blu-ray movies is probably nice for both of the people who cared about the format war, but again it only adds to the list of movie formats supported by the PS2.

These features are all nice to have, but the more I look at the HD consoles, the more they're starting to look like gimped PCs than really advanced consoles.

Out of the PS3's five highest rated games, 4 have a superior version on the PC either out or on the way, and the same can be said of 7 out of the 360's top ten. As far as I can tell, only 3 out of the Wii's top 20 games are on the PC.

Oh great. I had to go to the bathroom, and forgot what I was going to say next. Something about how the Wii is the only one that offers an experience you can't have on the PC, and how the high development costs of HD graphics are a giant stab in the face for innovative low budget games.

1080p is used in so few games that it can hardly be stated as something the PS3 provides, which means that the PS3 supports the same 1080i and 720p resolutions that the XBox provided in the last generation; and Blu-Ray is a storage format which is similar to DVD that has yet to show any real benefit over DVD.

The Wiimote is an entirely different way of interacting with videogames, and has improved games in general and will (likely) be the parent of a new standard.

You need to go back to school and learn your own mother language again and untill then stop posting.

 yea seriously, he's making a fool of himself..