9. No Real Innovations
With Sony and Microsoft, the former has chosen to lean heavily on social media sharing, including a literal Share button for use in-game, whereas the latter thought what would entice the public was the next step towards a technology-dependant, Wall-E-style future; voice-activated TV channel switching and game commands. Whilst the idea of talking to yourself in a room was something we collectively got over thanks to thousands of others doing the same thing throughout this headset-donning generation, Microsofts asking of you to say such plaintive, neighbour-bothering commands as Xbox ON! and Xbox MUSIC! are hardly the Star Trekian life of luxury wed imagined. Half the time you just know the experience will be less an effortless interaction where Kinect delivers your content with lightning-fast efficiency, and something more akin to shouting a command down the phoneline at an automated pizza delivery service.