The Switch and the WiiU are both 8th gen. Nintendo does not control when generations start, and this is not the first generation where a platform holder has released two systems. The Atari 2600 and 5200 are both 2nd gen systems for instance.You cant say Nintendo was on fire this gen and ignore the Wii U since that's where all their output for the gen, switch is next gen, came from.
Hell a large chunk of the Switch's best games are Wii U ports anyway not to mention thier Wii U output is superior to their Switch content anyway.
Agree with this. This gen sucks ass outside of japanese games.Nearly every franchise that was big last gen is either worse this gen or MIA
Halo (worse)
Gears (worse)
Fallout (worse)
Elder Scrolls (MIA) (Mainline entries)
Mass Effect (worse)
GTA (MIA)
Splinter Cell (MIA)
Bioshock (MIA)
Crysis (MIA)
Uncharted (worse)
This was the gen that almost made me quit gaming.
That is some good list of games you have there : )I feel this way all the time. Remembering when I first played Gears of War,Mass Effect,Oblivion, Bioshock,Halo 3, Fear, Prey, Condemned Criminal Origins, Alan Wake,RDR, Skyrim,Crackdown, The Orange Box, Dragon Age Origins,Deus Ex, Infamous, etc....
The N64 tops all for me though
This is pretty good analysis of the situation.Well during last gen we got store exclusive preorder bonuses, online passes, preorder bonus dlc, etc.
This gen we got escalated forms of microtransactions, loot boxes, seasons with time-limited content availability.
Yeah, the Xbox One/ PS4 generation really sucked.
For the Xbox 360 we got masterpiece titles like DragonAge: Origins, Mass Effect Trilogy, Dead Space 1, Halo Reach, etc.
Most of those gems are backward compatible titles on X1.
I have more fonder memories during the 360 days than Xbox One. Xbox One started off with extreme disappointment and a let down, literally soured the introductory experience.
Companies getting really greedy. Regardless a lot of the current game design relies on FOMO to keep a constant install base.
This gen was muted and meh.
Hopefully, Xbox Series X will be something.
From what I can predict, games will increase in MSRP and having Games as a Service will have Microsoft ahead of the competition.
Nintendo will continue to fail in innovation and focus on their IP and not listen to fans. Nintendo will have a lot of sequels for Legend of Zelda.
I'm still waiting for the Quality of Life update for Animal Crossing New Horizons if that will ever be a thing.
Nearly every franchise that was big last gen is either worse this gen or MIA
Halo (worse)
CoD (worse)
Gears (worse)
Fallout (worse)
Elder Scrolls (MIA) (Mainline entries)
Mass Effect (worse)
GTA (MIA)
Battlefield (worse)
Assassins Creed (worse)
Splinter Cell (MIA)
Bioshock (MIA)
Crysis (MIA)
Uncharted (worse)
This was the gen that almost made me quit gaming.
The only type of games that I think we are really missing, and 7th gen did better, are the mid range A and B tier titles, outside of the first party libraries at least.
What games from this gen do you suspect people will be talking about in 20 years?If we consider last gen lasted almost 10 years (2005-2014), and the fact that most Japanese developers seemed to hit a wall, I wouldn't say it was that superior. Maybe I'm just older, but the PS2/NGC/XB/DC era seemed to yield way more 9-10/10 games than what came after.
I mean, what were the really generation-defining games of that era? Looking at lists online, this is what we usually come across:
Honorable mention:
- Red Dead Redemption;
- Metal Gear Solid IV;
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Dark Souls;
- Dead Space;
- The Last of Us;
- Uncharted 2;
- Portal 2;
- Grand Theft Auto V;
- Mass Effect (Trilogy);
- Skyrim
- Nier;
- Catherine;
- Ni No Kuni;
- Fallout 3;
- Witcher 2;
- Fallout New Vegas;
- Oblivion;
- Batman: Arkham City;
- Yakuza 5;
- GTA IV
Great line-up, sure, but Mass Effect, Skyrim and Last of Us aside, I suspect we won't be talking about many of these titles 20 years down the line. And notice the absence of Japanese games in that list - most of the heavy hitters came out of the West.
Well I guess the variety sucked, but my favorite games were Forzha Horizons and onRush was good. Aside from that Dirt sucked, no PGR, no Blur, etc. I cannot agree with that, but I understand.If you are a fan of racing games, this gen has been the worst gen of all time.
What are those, if I may ask out of pure curiosity?Nope, I prefer the PS4 and Switch over the PS3 and Wii/Wii U by far. This generation has given us some of the most amazing gaming experiences ever IMO.
Sorry, but I started with consoles in 2007 with X360, PC before that, so it probably would need someone else to do separate thread.Where are all the other generations in the poll???
I would say the first 3D consoles (Saturn, Playstation, N64) and the generation after (Dreamcast, Ps2, Xbox) where the best generations (relative to the times) There was a steady stream of games each better than the previous, ever improving, constantly new genera and types of games. It helped dreaming about what games would come out next.
There where also new arcades coming out with very cool experiences.
Well, it was not like that the whole gen though.Lets just say I wasn't a fan of the grey/brown aesthetics during the PS3 era.