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What was the worst year of this "generation" of games?

  • 2012

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2013

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • 2014

    Votes: 2 4.1%
  • 2015

    Votes: 1 2.0%
  • It can only get worse

    Votes: 32 65.3%
  • Kingcomrade

    Votes: 13 26.5%

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Concerning only Nintendo since I've had each of their home consoles since the Snes and up to Wii. I still haven't even consider purchasing the WiiU.
Sorry OP, my answer is about as useful as the ones before it.
 

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On a bit serious note... can't say about bigger consoles (fuck the wars and modern shooters/handholding brian damaging garbage) but handhelds (PSP+NDS) gave me dozen of turn-based tactical games while PC was (and still is, but in lesser degree) flooded with RTwP mess, so I can now play some TB gems like Underrail.
In other words - I got as much fun as my experience with Gameboys (classic and colors).

Just one thing boggle my mind - the Vita state. Barely interesting stuff + expensive

PS. OP is a fag.
Nothing new stated in the OP + complete mess in words. Read some books before posting ffs.
 

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There is no console anymore, except the Wii U. If you're talking about the XONE or PS4, you're talking about heavily DRM-ized and overpriced PCs.
 
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Last true non-portable consoles were of 6xth generation with PS2 as a pinacle of console gaming.

7th gen was a mess when consoles lost their indentity and became a platform for crippled PC genres (mostly fpp shooters). Meanwhile PC became a trashcan for formely mentioned badly optimized ports of PC games designed with gamepad in mind. Only handhelds kept their legacy but they had to face danger of mobile abomination focused on FTP bullshit and Atari 2600 level of complex.

8th gen console games are like those in 7th but with slightly better graphics so none sane person should even consider buying them. Handhelds are still last hope of humanity and PC gaming made a tiny little steps into right direction through kickstarter support.

In the end of fucking 2015 year most exciting gaming news are of new Doom mods/wads and translation patches for forgotten, obscure japanese titles.
 
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I remember how better the PS3 looked visually than the PS2, yet I have trouble distinguishing between 7th and 8th gen graphics sometimes. Really look like rehased hardware in a new box.

The games on the release of the 7th gen consoles also had a far more novel look, like Heavenly Sword or Viking.

Both ended being very mediocre but fuck, all that the new ones have going for them are some kind of COD. Decline on a cline of ^2
 

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It's been close to 4 years, and there is still not a single 'killer app' exclusive to the current generation consoles. My ps4 has been collecting dust since Bloodborne, so I sold it off.

Consoles have lost all their advantages and have copied the worst aspects of PCs, like constant updating, always online and pay to play bullshit. PC gaming has also become more like consoles.

The next generation of consoles will be the last until VR becomes truly viable, it is safe to say.
 

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In the end of fucking 2015 year most exciting gaming news are of new Doom mods/wads and translation patches for forgotten, obscure japanese titles.

And Underrail.

It's been close to 4 years, and there is still not a single 'killer app' exclusive to the current generation consoles. My ps4 has been collecting dust since Bloodborne, so I sold it off.
Bloodborne would technically be PS4's killer app. There's also stuff like that Ni No Kuni and Nier sequel, though that's up in the air in terms of if it's worth it or not. The Wii-U has plenty of exclusives, like Bayonetta 2, Smash 4, Xenoblade X, etc. Xbone has..uh. Halo?

Consoles have lost all their advantages and have copied the worst aspects of PCs, like constant updating, always online and pay to play bullshit. PC gaming has also become more like consoles.

How? Are you talking about the games themselves or the hardware?
 

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In the end of fucking 2015 year most exciting gaming news are of new Doom mods/wads and translation patches for forgotten, obscure japanese titles.

And Underrail.

It's been close to 4 years, and there is still not a single 'killer app' exclusive to the current generation consoles. My ps4 has been collecting dust since Bloodborne, so I sold it off.
Bloodborne would technically be PS4's killer app. There's also stuff like that Ni No Kuni and Nier sequel, though that's up in the air in terms of if it's worth it or not. The Wii-U has plenty of exclusives, like Bayonetta 2, Smash 4, Xenoblade X, etc. Xbone has..uh. Halo?

Consoles have lost all their advantages and have copied the worst aspects of PCs, like constant updating, always online and pay to play bullshit. PC gaming has also become more like consoles.

How? Are you talking about the games themselves or the hardware?

Bayonetta, bloodborne and ni no kuni hardly classify as a killer app in the same way that tetris, halo and FF7 did. A killer app is a game huge amounts of people including non gamers are willing to buy an entire console for just to play.

PC gaming has been consolefied in the last half decade thanks to digital distribution and games being developed with console ports in mind. The barrier of entry has also been lowered in both price and knowledge. Things like steam boxes will push this trend even harder.
 

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I remember when the Playstation 3 and the XBOX 360 came out, I was watching with great interest the gaming news websites to see where the japanese developers would be. Historically, it should have been PS3 but Microsoft was going all out trying to get some RPGs on its console (and it secured a few decent ones, like Last Odyssey). When Star Ocean was announced for the Xbox, it was a pretty big deal.

Except Star Ocean ended up being mediocre. Like pretty much most of the japanese production of this generation. Considering japanese exclusives were the only thing that remained to define the "console identity" (most western games were already cross platform), this started to signify the end of consoles having a point altogether. PC and consoles used to be separate cultures ; the fall of the japanese gaming industry made consoles just a convenient box to play the games everyone get. Some preferred the Xbox interface, others like the free online gaming the PS3 offered. I'm not talking about Nintendo here because so far they're the only that managed to remain with an identity.

Last generation made it worse (or better, depending on your point of view). Not only the japanese are abandoning classic console gaming, but also the ones that remain now have a x86 architecture coupled with higher costs of development. Why bother ? Why make console exclusives anymore ?

And you're seeing it these days. Final Fantasy XIII finished coming on PC. Everyone expect FF7 remake and FF15 to appear at some point and the devs have strongly hinted about it. Disgaea is coming on PC anytime now. Shenmue 3 will be a PC game. The Yakuza series might make the jump. It has been heavily hinted that Ni No Kuni 2 will also have a console release. Consoles are now nothing more than PCs with a lot of DRMs.

And it's come full circle. When the Steambox were announced, people wondered if they could be called consoles. After all, they're just PCs plugged on a TV, like their MS & Sony counterparts ! 15 years ago, nobody would have dared to call a PC connected to a TV a console.

There is no console anymore. The unification of gaming is coming to an end, whether we like it or not, with the good things... and the bad things.
 

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Bayonetta, bloodborne and ni no kuni hardly classify as a killer app in the same way that tetris, halo and FF7 did. A killer app is a game huge amounts of people including non gamers are willing to buy an entire console for just to play.

PC gaming has been consolefied in the last half decade thanks to digital distribution and games being developed with console ports in mind. The barrier of entry has also been lowered in both price and knowledge. Things like steam boxes will push this trend even harder.

Oh, that's what you meant by killer app. Well, I don't think it's possible anymore in this day and age since most people who don't play video games simply settle with mobile games and leave it at that. I think the last console we'll ever see be successful in that magnitude is the Wii.

Digital distribution is hardly a console feature. As far as I recall it was more of a PC thing than a console thing. Console ports is not exactly a new problem, as well as poor optimization. It's been around for more than 5 years, I'm certain of that at least. The barrier of entry thing is both a good and bad problem imo, since that means more people can play the best PC games, but now more devs want to cater toward a simpler crowd.

Time will tell if steam boxes are actually successful. The early ones didn't go anywhere, but that might change.

The Yakuza series might make the jump. It has been heavily hinted that Ni No Kuni 2 will also have a console release.
Where did you hear that? Isn't Ni No Kuni 2 being made by Level-5? They've never done anything PC related, and they're heavily affiliated with Sony. Sega has been getting pretty comfy with the PC, but I'm not sure they'll fully jump ship with Yakuza, either.

There is no console anymore. The unification of gaming is coming to an end, whether we like it or not, with the good things... and the bad things.
Unless Valve actually forces the Steam OS for their games and makes it chock-full of more DRM, that doesn't sound so bad. Well, at the very least, I won't feel compelled to get a PS4 ... unless the ports suck.
 

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The Yakuza series might make the jump. It has been heavily hinted that Ni No Kuni 2 will also have a console release.
Where did you hear that? Isn't Ni No Kuni 2 being made by Level-5? They've never done anything PC related, and they're heavily affiliated with Sony. Sega has been getting pretty comfy with the PC, but I'm not sure they'll fully jump ship with Yakuza, either.

There is no console anymore. The unification of gaming is coming to an end, whether we like it or not, with the good things... and the bad things.
Unless Valve actually forces the Steam OS for their games and makes it chock-full of more DRM, that doesn't sound so bad. Well, at the very least, I won't feel compelled to get a PS4 ... unless the ports suck.[/QUOTE]


Ni No Kuni 2 was announced as "PS4 console debut" . http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/12/07/ni-no-kuni-2-ps4-timed-exclusive/
It might comes to "other consoles", so why the fuck not PC ?

As for Yakuza, it's been announced as "PS4 Console exclusive" ... http://gearnuke.com/yakuza-0-king-fighters-xiv-nioh-apparently-headed-pc/
 

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Oh, weird. It just sounds like speculation to me, but the wording was probably deliberate so I wouldn't say it's very unlikely.
 

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Is there any actual info on Sony's financial and legal involvement with the Yakuza series?
Some folks are pretty prone to throwing comments about those games coming to PC, every now and then, and there is apparently a strong belief that they aren't "de jure" Sony exclusives. On the other hand, you have the fact that they were only ever released on Sony platforms.
 

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Some good, a lot of bad. Do you have a PC? If yes, thats enough, grab one of the consoles at the ass end of their lifespan for dat sweet discount% if you must have them.
 

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I just don't get consoles. I bought a ps3 from a friend for a 100 euros because I heard many good things about it's exclusives. Well I might've played some Demon's Souls but just, the reality of what a console is just makes me fucking annoyed when I use it. It's fucking annoying to use it in general, the ui, the controller. There's literally no advantage a console has over a computer, it does things so much worse it makes me angry when using it. I'll have to get rid of this thing sometime in the future. Maybe I can sell it for profit.
 

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Gaming is in bad shape although 2015 was still an overall better year relative to what preceded it. Sony is keeping console gaming alive but only the upcoming Nintendo system has the potential to revive the industry at least from a consumer standpoint. If Nintendo delivers a stellar console that maintains the value of the brand while offering new content and third party support they could salvage this otherwise lousy generation. Last gen was bad but comparing last gen and this one in games it's shocking how things are worse.
 
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I hardly care about home consoles anymore (except for Wii U), and this is from someone who was introduced to the idea of gaming through the NES. Nowadays they are just shinier boxes for devs to cram in as many mundane modern shooters as possible, further reminding me the days when games like Shadow Hearts 2 and Wild Arms 3 were being pumped out in rapid succession are long over.

On the contrary, many memorable RPGs (whether it's original or a port) on PSP have brought me more joy than 7th gen AAA titles ever could (e.g. Tactics Ogre, Frontier Gate, Persona 2, Zill O'll, Narikiri Dungeon X). Till this day PSP remains to be my favorite handheld. But, just as oddech_wymarlych_swiatow here has mentioned, even handhelds are facing the threat of mobile abomination.
 

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I've said repeatedly that the gaming industry has faded into the cultural background.

The new thing is social media, and that's just as competitive and creative as pressing buttons to virtually kill people, except with real world consequences.

People on this site don't yet realize it, but younger generations won't have the same affinity for the medium that we had. And that's never going to change.
 

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That's not true. The kids fucking love their YouTube personalities and Twitch streamers.

The thing that has changed is they've replaced in-person social interaction with friends with an anonymous mass of much more shallow interaction or a false sense of being "friends" with a popular streamer because they say your name and you give them $5 a month.
 

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2013 and 2014 were pretty bare bones. 2015 hasn't been bad for me. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Disgaea 5, Bloodborne and Xenoblade Chronicles X served me well enough. 2016 looks to be the best year for console gaming, especially when it comes to weeb jRPGs, that we've seen in more than a decade. Can't fucking wait.
 

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