My response to critics would be something like, "Well, this is what they asked for because this *IS* fun for them.
That's exactly what I say. Fun is relative. I don't get many questions about it because people know DS4 and know what his interests are, or will get him something kind of brain stimulating and that usually works. But some people still don't get it. My in-laws will most definitely get him something that he won't at all be interested in...but that's fine. Otherwise people are pretty good at coming up with some ideas. He does still like some art stuff and every board game imaginable, and some building stuff so thankfully people still call those things "fun." But I was at toys r us the other day and there is a whole section there that he would never be interested in...with all the action figures and such. He could care less about all that and would have no idea what to do with an action figure. He would look at it and be like "now what?"