Consoles are dead if the PS4 is indicative of this next cycle. I want the hardware to get better and more advanced with each generation; it's really that simple. What I don't want it all the bullshit that came with this gen to be amplified 10 fold with the next, and that appears to be exactly what is coming. I have no plans to get a PS4, and if even half the rumors of the next Xbox are true, I won't be getting one of those either. Everything now has to be a social hub, a tablet, a windows 8 or something else equally as horrifying, distracting or otherwise ridiculous and painful to the gaming experience. I just don't want any part of this, so I just may be out the door this time. That's a big thing for me to say since I've bought every console up till now. If people like me are leaving it paints a grim picture of whats to come. How many more developers will disappear like THQ in the next few years? How many do you think it will take before the general gaming public becomes more alarmed? They aren't really going to take notice until it's an outright catastrophe, and by then it will be too late. What happens when an entity like EA finally kicks it? That tumor has it's tentacles attached to so many developers and IPs, it might just kill the patient to remove it.
But yeah, something is definitely wrong when I find myself buying 3x more SNES and PS1 games over ebay then current/new AAA titles. And no, these games aren't cheaper, they are actually more expensive in many cases. I am happy to pay it, to, because unlike Gears of Duty Black brotherhood Ascension Ops 4, the older games are usually worth it, and don't come with any catches to play them or politics attached.
Enjoy your Sim Shitty.
