Grim... wrote:
To go back to the original point of it not "feeling" as special as last time, I certainly agree.
I remember when I first saw Project Gotham running on a 360 and being pretty blown away. There were cool new things like playing your own MP3s in the games and cheevos were a mark of genius.
This time, the technical jump seems pretty poor comparatively - I understand that it's harder and harder to make graphical leaps like the current/last gen did, but there don't seem to be any cool new features this time.
It does feel almost a little like diminishing returns, not really all that exciting despite all the big numbers and record sales. But then I also feel that way about the new iPhone, or telly, or computer - almost everything now is pretty damn competent and the new stuff is more of the same but a little bit better.
It's been a while since I was really 'wowed' by anything. Perhaps I'm a little jaded, or perhaps there hasn't been anything that felt like a big, new, innovative leap recently.