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Originally Posted by Igottago
Its an outright embarrassment that neither machine is as good an all around media device as the PS3. Basic media functionality, 3D blu ray playback and things like that should've been ready to go from the start. Sony and MS want me to buy a new console but neither is as good as an 8 year old console that I already own. And MS has somehow positioned their machine as a powerful all in one media console -- but not as good as the PS3? Where's the value for the consumer here?
Secondly, almost every big name title coming this year is still set to come out for the previous generation consoles. How "next gen" can these games be if they are all still being put out on existing consoles? Sure they'll have better graphics, but I'm not sure I see the value in buying a whole new system for a visually enhanced game. I want new experiences that are incapable of being played on what I already own.
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Well in their defense, launching a new console is a very complicated process. The functionality that you see now on the previous gen consoles are a product of 6+ years of development. Neither 360 or PS3 launched with DLNA support baked in either and it took PS3 almost a year to get that baked in. By most accounts XB1 planned with loads more media features but was rushed out with limited language and half baked dev kits in order to compete with the surprise early PS4 launch. PS4 while having better developed dev kits sacrificed media support to meet the aggressive release cycle.
People said the same thing about "how next gen can it be" during the PS2 to PS3 launch with the game libraries. It's really a matter of addressable markets right now. Most devs will not want to create a new experience taking advantage of the new hardware, sacrificing the past gen market, until the new gen has a big enough addressable market size to make it profitable. So for now you'll continue getting multi gen multi plat games until there are enough consoles out there. There was a period of almost 2 years when triple A titles were being put out on the previous platform last gen as well. Though mind you the display tech isn't changing this time. PS2/XBox to PS3/X360 was a much bigger jump because of the whole HD/SD gap.