Console features really, like rest mode and resume play. Downloading while the console is asleep.

Gamingwise bigger worlds, better graphics. The only reason previous gens seemed like such a huge leap was because the hardware was so limiting that gameplay was effected. We are now at that point where it's not. Shooters are not going to change, they have pretty much perfected themselves from a control standpoint. Gameplay isn't all that with hardware in terms of control, look at the Original Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3, gameplay went from clunky to smooth on the same hardware. Programmers find better way to code, better ways to handle controls. This isn't locked to newer hardware.

I don't know what most of you are expecting when you shout Innovation. Innovation is pretty much gimmicks like Motion Controls, Tablet Controllers. Voice Control, VR could be a game changer or a complete gimmick, but we have to wait and see.

Mainly this gen will see game evolution as better graphics, ability to make bigger worlds. We are hitting walls in terms of hardware actually changing gameplay. Hardware is powerful enough to handle pretty much anything now. Only graphics/worldsize will benefit.

PS3/360's innovation was actually impressive looking games that could benefit from being realistic, better physics and the improved hardware made more complex worlds. But gameplay was just micro improvements from the PS2 era.

Really it's going to be down to developers ideas now, how they tackle certain games. Mass Effect was probably the most impressive series last gen with all the choices, being able to import them into the next game (don't be an idiot and say ME3 didn't mean anything, the whole game was an ending where you seen your actions have effects on worlds like Chuchanka or however it's spelled) The final ending is more limiting, but realize to make 30 different endings would have taken 5+ years in itself to animate and program). But really that could have been achieved by the original Xbox or even PS2/GC. It's just that game programmers got creative.

Hardware has nothing to do with these things. Games are still fun, different franchises, different stories. Just realize pretty much from here on out games with a standard controller and KB+M aren't going to change too much from a gameplay perspective.

Yeah I'm getting that vibe, but it's still not the same. My main thing is I wanted to the story to continue right off the end of KOTOR II. But I'll keep going though, I know the beginnings of any RPG can be a bit boring, so once I'm well into it my opinion may change. Gameplay does feel like it though, I just wish I could travel with a AI party that I could talk too and level up and fight beside me like the originals or like in Mass Effect/Dragon Age. (maybe you can and I just haven't gotten to it yet), doubt about the leveling them up part though. I really just started it the other night, so in a few weeks I may have a completely different opinion lol.

Yeah, the 3DS probobly is on it's last year or two, it's been out since what, 2010?. Thats 5 years and counting so far. Personally I'm not really sure what gen to classify handhelds, ususally in terms of specs they are a gen or two behind the current gen console. So in terms of current gen the 3DS and Vita are it, but have been out for quite a while now. So in terms of handhelds we will have to see what Nintendo plans on doing. Sony has pretty much bailed on the handheld market and haven't mentioned the slighted note of a successor to the Vita, so it really is up in Nintendo's hands right now.

As for current gen as in PS4/X1 and Current PC, they are only getting started. Sony has a buttload of first party devs who have stuff up their sleeve, half of them still haven't even spilled the beans yet on their upcoming games. Microsoft is working on stuff, they have showed much, I'm not sure what else is behind closed doors as they don't have that many first party studios. PC, Star Citizen (not interested personally, but I know a large amount are very excited for this game). Let alone Bioware is going to release the next Mass Effect next year! There are so many third party that I can't even describe. It's only going to get better from here on out.

Heil68, thats a ton of games man, I can't say i'm much better, between Steam games, PS1,PS2,PS3,PS4,Xbox,Xbox360,XboxOne,N64,Gamecube,Wii,Wii-U, DS,3DS,PSP,Vita and Steam backlogs I have more than 300 games to still play if I want to play them all.

Keep them all, when we are old and wrinkly with nothing better to do, we have enough games to last us until we die.

Foxhound_Fox, Same here, I'm now just checking it out. I LOVED KOTOR 1 and 2, but gave this one a cold shoulder for it being an MMO. I decided to give it a shot with the New movie exciting me and I wanted something new rather than replay KOTOR 1 or 2 again when I have played them so many times over. I'm still mixed about it, it still feels like a MMO and not like a single player kotor. I'll still give it a bit before I make my final decision, but really, EA, they hold the Star Wars game License, get Bioware to do KOTOR 3 for all that's holy!!! I'm still waiting for the Day where my Revan and Jedi Outcast join up against the sith!

Well your wrong good sir,

PS4: Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Uncharted Collection, Tales of Zestria, Divinity Original Sin Enhanced, Need for Speed, Black Ops III, Assassins Creed Syndicate, Still need to finish BloodBorne (there are many more in my backlog still to play, I buy game when I see them for really good prices, currently have 48 PS4 titles).

XB1: Rare Replay, Halo 5, Forza 6 (have 10 titles overall)

Wii-U: Yoshi's Wooly World and soon Xenoblade Chronicles. (Have 18 titles overall)

PC: Star Wars the Old Republic (yes, i'm now just getting around to it and I guess technically not part of this gen). (Have over 100 old games in steam library, again probably doesn't count for current gen).

There are lots of good games that have come out on current gen consoles/hardware. So yeah... keep thinking there's nothing to play.

The games have been great, but I have yet seen anything live up to the Mass Effect Trilogy. (But really, we have to wait for Bioware to finish the new Mass Effect Trilogy for that to be topped lol).

Haha, I was actually looking at the date of the thread because I read the title as PS3 vs xbox and assumed 360 lol

On your topic, the reason it was like this back then was that 360 was getting the best versions of multi plats and some good exclusives, they captured some of us with Tales of Versperia and lost odyssey. I remember having a sparse library of PS3 titles because most Multiplats were better on 360, games like Tales, Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, Mass Effect, Star Ocean were exclusive to the 360 at the time. PS3 overall had better and more actual first party studio exclusives but in the beginning Microsoft really threw it's money around at making third party developers games exclusive for a while. So technically last gen the 360 was where it was at for the first several years.

The difference now is that the PS4 has the better multi-plat games and most know many of sony's studios are working on something. Microsoft is now in the position of having the lesser version of multi-plats, they have stopped throwing as much money around at third party exclusives (tomb raider is about all they actually paid for this time) and they don't have nearly as many first party studios. Microsoft got cocky after the 360 just like Sony did with the PS2.

I gotta give Phil Spencer and the new Xbox team some major credit for turning the system completely around from what Don Matrick and the old team did to it. Unfortunately they can't do anything about the gimped hardware because of the original designers obsession with Kinect.

Overall though yes, the PS3 had more games in the time the Xbox One has now. Both had/have gimped Multi-plat games and both are essentially exclusive game platforms to those who own all consoles. The 360 and PS4 are where most people had/will purchase games on if they have the choice.

@PSP107: lol, im done trolling. I still don't like Rap but and still wonder how in the world its so popular. If you like it, then you like it.

Honestly how I feel is that most of today's music is allowing more and more cussing, blatent sexual themes in every genre. The title should have probably been when did society let all music get so Vulgar.

I don't like rap and sometimes get a kick trolling threads about it and do like debating to an extent, but don't take me too seriously here, i'm just pulling strings. All genres have Vulgarity and it seems to be getting worse in today's world. Society just seems to be getting desensitized.

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@GhostHawk196:

This needs to be the official logo of System Wars lol