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.

And when the PS2 and other current gen systems came out they looked about the same as last gen systems. Especially in the PS2's case.

Do you know why? Because they were NEW. Game makers had no fucking clue how to optimize thier games and push the console to its limits.

The best looking and performing games come out at the end of a consoles life. Compare games on the PS2 NOW and soon to come out to the PS2 games of the past. You will see they look and perform much better.

The games you are getting now are already pushing the current gen consles to thier limits. You can sometimes see this for yourself when the consoles begin to lag or slowdown like a pc would.

You cant just look at demos and games that release with a next gen console to gauge it's performance. Now, when the PS3, Xbox 360, and Revolution have been out for awile or are at the end of thier life THEN you can make the decision if they were worth it or not.

If you were to judge on games that first come out with a console you would of said the same god damn thing about the PS2 when the PSX was ended. Oh noes it looks just like the Playstation!!