This upcoming gen - most pointless gen ever?

Honestly, the PS3 and 360 are doing nothing to improve the experience of this generation, outside of improving the visuals and making systems more powerful.

The early gen created gaming.

NES/SMS revived it, expanded it.

Genesis/SNES expanded it even more.

Saturn/PSX/N64 brought 3D, expanded it.

DC/PS2/XB/GC vastly improved the 3D.

This gen, I wouldn't say vastly improved it, and the only reason I would say it expanded the industry is because of the Revolution.

If these visuals I've seen are the best that these systems can be done, the systems have no reason to exist. Sony and MS would do better to just work on bringing out the best in the PS2 and Xbox instead of demanding $400/$500 for new visuals and better hardware - not a new gaming experience.

They're becoming high-end media center PC's.  Within a year or two, someone will have made emulators for the Xbox360 and the PS3.  I much rather save my money and buy a Nintendo Revo and all of it's games.

I'm no Nintendo fanboy, but I do believe that's where the next leader in console games will be.  Nintendo.  Why?  It'll be easier to develop for them, and developers won't be taking as much of a risk as with the other two systems.  They won't end up wasting millions of dollars on high-end graphics only to discover that their game is a flop.

Essentially, if all you want one of these systems for is for video games(imagine that), then the only REAL upgrade here is a higher resolution and HD.  Which, btw, mean you'll end up wasting more money on a better TV.  I could do without the rest of the crap.  I want to watch movies?  DVD player or my computer.  Music?  Digital music player or my computer.