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Originally Posted by FlameOn

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.

Fair enough but if they spent the entire last generation getting those features into place, it shouldn't take another generation getting the same features into place again. I understand games take a while to really hit their stride...but mp3 playing? Video streaming? 3D Blu ray playback? Those are not new territory, they are a fundamantal feature set should be there from the outset. Consumers shouldn't feel like they're taking a step backwards by being an early adopter.

If the Iphone 6 launched and did less than the Iphone 5, people would laugh them off the stage at their reveal event. I think people that are paying hundreds of dollars to get a new system should expect a bit more from the product.