PS4 , Xbox One (, Wii U) Next Gen Consoles?

So here is the deal though, with the revealing of the Xbox One this week there is this huge conversation about how shitty Microsoft's next console is and many many other things. There is just so much to talk about this all, that I finally decided to write about it.

To start this up, what trend can be witnest by looking at the console specs we have to this moment?
Both PS4 and Xbox One changed their processor architecture to x86! Which is pretty much a step closer to normal PC's. The thing is, cause both console's had an different architecture in there latest incarnation (Xbox 360, PS3), old games won't work on the new ones. This is reasonable but why not emulate them? I mean Moores Law(look it up) is still working this shouldn't be a matter of power or capability for the consoles. So I guess it's a matter of money then. This is the first point that really pisses me off.

Well yeah after everything we heard so far, the PS4 might have the advantage technical wise. A slightly better processor, probably more shader units and as far as I know only one OS. Microsoft ,like in the latest years, bet's their money on virtualization. So when your Xbox One is running their are running 2 virtualized OS's, one for gaming and one for App's, TV and such b-s. Some people said that even the fact that both consoles have the same amount of RAM (8GB) build in, Sony wins because they using GDDR5  instead of Microsoft's approach with DDR3. This is more complicated than it look's, because GDDR5 is mostly used for graphical RAM and because the PS4 is sharing the memory for both graphic and processing I don't know what kind of result this brings. Maybe this makes the PS4 stronger on the graphic side, add the more shader units, but results in some disadvantages for the CPU. I'm not sure, time will tell.

On the other hand this concept of 2 running OS's, which also share the 8 GB of Ram, isn't quite what I expected from an gaming console, Xbox One(duh!). If we step aside from the technical informations we got so far, there is one point where Sony and Microsoft really differ and that was the targeted marked. Of course Sony didn't know what Microsoft was about to show but in comparison, Sony looks like they are more about creating a good game experience than MS. Microsoft talked way to much about the TV features, which I guess won't work around the globe ('murica), the Kinect 2.0 and pre rendered yearly EA games. I just have to mention Call of Duty here. Come on! Only because the game sell's itself already doesn't mean you don't have to put any effort in it! I say that because the "new" and "better" engine they use just sucks if you compare it to Battlefield 3, wich is already quite old. But yeah different Topic, maybe later.

I really like the Kinect idea. It's a new way to interact with software. There won't be any progress without things like Kinect, Google Glas or Oculus Rift! So don't hate, Google is even building an self driving car for heavens sake. But as soon as I heard that you don't have to chose wether you want to use this feature, it started to get creepy. I mean Kinect will exactly know what you are doing and when you watch which show. Even if MS's manager would swear to their life that they won't use the data they gather I certainly won't believer them. So in order for me to buy this console this is an issue they have to fix first. Then there is the problem how often you have to be online with your console. As it turns out you have to be online at least once a day and developer are allowed to make their games only work while online, so they can push some processes into the cloud. Well played MS, instead of being the bad guy and always require an connection you push this choice to the developer, but still why do you have to online once a day? I beg to the great console god (totally a thing!) it's not because you want to collect data.

This are all things which getting hugely discussed right now, now my question is: Should this things really matter for a console?

I play games on PC and consoles for years now but in the latest few I found myself playing all the "hardcore" games on my beloved PC and all the lighter and fun games on my consoles. Because the graphic and controls on the PC are way better, in my opinion, than on consoles. So games like Far Cry 3, Crysis 3, Call of Duty, Battelfield 3 (you can like both, you know?) and so on, are just more beautiful and precise. So what really matters, of course not the most but you know, is the power behind the consoles! And we need to define why someone should buy himself an console. I mean the differences between PC and consoles are blurring.

A total different case here is the Wii U. Come on almost everyone grew up playing games like Zelda OoT, Goldeneye, Donkey Kong, Mario, Mario Kart and such, we were all little Nintendo fanboy's some time ago. But lately I only see hate for Nintendo. Yeah the Wii U isn't as strong as she probably could have been, but that doesn't matter. It's strong enough for what it does and that's not real life first or third person shooters! The graphic from Mario, Zelda or Super Smash Bros games is just beautiful.
Add the great amount of controlling abilities and the backwards compatibility and i'm set. And thats the reason why i recently bought myself an Wii U, it's just fun sitting on the couch (with friends) and playing casual.

But in the end everyone has is own opinions and I could talk about this topic for hours, so I will stopp right here and maybe will write again about this topic as new information surfaces.