If you exclude the Wii, then yes. X360 and PS3 where amazing.The PS3/X360/Wii era was much better than now.
Lolwut 360 was on life support well before 2011, 2009 was a straight up embarrassment having ODLC against Uncharted 2 (a literal turning point for PlayStation that gen) and even before that it was meh. After ODLC I switched to PlayStation and never looked back
It's a great year, that is it...Its objectively one of the greatest years in gaming
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo should fund support services for veterans of past console wars. The flashbacks are intense and debilitating.Lolwut 360 was on life support well before 2011, 2009 was a straight up embarrassment having ODLC against Uncharted 2 (a literal turning point for PlayStation that gen) and even before that it was meh. After ODLC I switched to PlayStation and never looked back
Trying to forget it, I went through seven of them sumbitches.Never forget!
I am reminiscing about all the terrible framerates. Great generation.Gen 7 is still my favorite overall generation. Originals, sequels, remakes/remasters, and Indies. Here are my favorites:
Wii:
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (2007)
Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007)
Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Punch-Out!! (2009)
A Boy and His Blob (2009)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
Kirby’s Epic Yarn (2010)
DJ Hero 2 (2010)
Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Bit.Trip Runner (2010)
PS3:
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007)
Burnout Paradise (2008)
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
Battlefield: Bad Company (2008)
Buzz! Quiz TV (2008)
Dead Space (2008)
Valkyria Chronicles (2008)
Mirror’s Edge (2008)
Prince of Persia (2008)
PixelJunk Eden (2008)
Bionic Commando Rearmed (2008)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (2008)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (2009)
Trine (2009)
Critter Crunch (2008)
PixelJunk Shooter (2009)
inFAMOUS (2009)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
God of War Collection (2009)
God of War III (2010)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)
Dead Space 2 (2011)
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Portal 2 (2011)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011)
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection (2011)
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (2011)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (2011)
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (2011)
Rayman Origins (2011)
Jak and Daxter Collection (2012)
Okami HD (2012)
Far Cry 3 (2012)
Borderlands 2 (2012)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
South Park: The Stick of Truth (2014)
Xbox 360:
Burnout Revenge (2006)
Lumines Live! (2006)
Gears of War (2006)
Prey (2006)
Mass Effect (2007)
Crackdown (2007)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (2007)
Guitar Hero II (2007)
BioShock (2007)
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
Assassin’s Creed (2007)
The Darkness (2007)
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008)
Braid (2008)
Fallout 3 (2008)
Gears of War 2 (2008)
Banjo-Kazooie (2008)
Banjo-Tooie (2009)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)
Borderlands (2009)
Assassin’s Creed II (2009)
BioShock 2 (2010)
Just Cause 2 (2010)
Alan Wake (2010)
Limbo (2010)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (2010)
Fallout: New Vegas (2010)
Mass Effect 2 (2010)
Red Dead Redemption (2010)
Ilomilo (2011)
Beyond Good & Evil HD (2011)
Crysis (2011)
Portal 2 (2011)
Batman: Arkham City (2011)
Fez (2012)
Mass Effect 3 (2012)
Dishonored (2012)
Forza Horizon (2012)
Far Cry 3 (2012)
Nike+ Kinect Training (2012)
Mark of the Ninja (2012)
Bit.Trip Presents… Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (2013)
BioShock Infinite (2013)
Batman: Arkham Origins (2013)
Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014)
well it's gotten worse. objectively.I clearly remember many people in gaming forums at the time just kept complaining about how games were being dumbed down, campaigns getting shorter, that everything was dumb dudebro shooter and publishers only cared about multiplayer, that games from past gens were much better, a feeling made worse by the decay of once popular series like Need for Speed, Final Fantasy, DMC, etc.
I really liked that gen but damn, i guess people never change.
the devs that still are active and capable of releasing games that move the needle, do not release at the same clip they used to. this isn't some abstract concept, this is something you can verify. that's worse, not the same.PS3/360/Wii:
8 - 16 years of age, best years of one's childhood
PS2/Xbox/Gamecube
1 - 7, can barely remember much
PS4/Xbox One/Wii U
17 - 22, age of disillusions and life starting you beat you down.
PS5/XBSS|X/Switch
+23, age of bitterness and adulthood responsibilities.
Gaming didn't deteriorated, you just got older.
I'm glad that Rockstar, Valve (who btw made up for their lack of software by their amazing hardware), Naughty Dog, epic, and bioware are not the only people who make video games!Rockstar is less active, valve is less active, even naughty Dog is less active, epic is less active, bioware sucks, irrational used to make cool stuff, and existed.
Are you seriously trying to brag about the fact you don't love gaming as much as the people who actually are invested in the hobby? on a gaming forum?some gamers love gaming so much (or need gaming so much)that they don't want to believe the obvious.
I'm glad that Rockstar, Valve (who btw made up for their lack of software by their amazing hardware), Naughty Dog, epic, and bioware are not the only people who make video games!
Are you seriously trying to brag about the fact you don't love gaming as much as the people who actually are invested in the hobby? on a gaming forum?
I've never been bothered by frame rates. To this day, of all the games I own, I can't tell what the framerate of a game is, with the exception of Forza Horizon 4/5, and only when I stop the car and rotate the camera around really fast. Which is obviously not relevant to playing the game at all. Obviously I can notice extended and dramatic framerate dips, but if the framerate is steady, I don't know what it is.I am reminiscing about all the terrible framerates. Great generation.
GuiltyAI is a clown. Don’t waste your timethe devs that still are active and capable of releasing games that move the needle, do not release at the same clip they used to. this isn't some abstract concept, this is something you can verify. that's worse, not the same.
Rockstar is less active, valve is less active, even naughty Dog is less active, epic is less active, bioware sucks, irrational used to make cool stuff, and existed. games like WiLD or beyond good and evil don't come out. silent hills, prey 2 etc get cancelled and less interesting titles take their place etc.
some gamers love gaming so much (or need gaming so much)that they don't want to believe the obvious.
Less NPD sales and more actual single player content, not multiplayer shooters and Kinect. The reason I mention ODLC is because that's when the content drought started.That doesn't sound right. I took a look at the old NPD sales threads, and I can safely say that you're talking out of your ass. The Xbox 360 was the best-selling console every month in 2011. In some months, it outsold the PS3 almost 2:1. The Wii had lost most of his momentum by this point and the PS3 was starting to falter, but the Xbox 360 was still going strong even though it had been on the market for a year longer than the PS3. In the eyes of most consumers, the 360 most certainly wasn't on life support.
January
Xbox 360: 381,000
PS3: 267,000
February
Xbox 360: 535,000
PS3: 403,000
March
Xbox 360: 434,000
PS3: Not Reported. Xbox identified as top-selling console
April
Xbox 360: 297,000
PS3: ~204,000
May
Xbox 360: 270,000
PS3: 177,000
June
Xbox 360: 507,000
PS3: ~276,000
July
Xbox 360: 277,000
PS3: 148,000
August
Xbox 360: 308,000
PS3: 218,000
September
Xbox 360: 438,000
PS3: 364,000 - 374,000
October
Xbox 360: 393,000
PS3: 240,000 - 250,000
November
Xbox 360: 1.7 million
PS3: 900,000
December
Xbox 360: 1.7 million
PS3: 936,000
Guilty_AI run hands with this mofo dont let him diss you like thatGuiltyAI is a clown. Don’t waste your time
Be a man and mention me properly.GuiltyAI is a clown. Don’t waste your time
Let me put it in a more direct way:Complete miss. I was 14-22 for PS4 Gen. And those had by far some of the happiest years of my life. Same goes for 2020-present minus the whole Covid thing for a bit there. Even through that my mental health flourished in a lot of new ways
If anything I was more bitter and depressed when I was a smug young little punk ass kid
Good try though I’ll give you that. It was almost astute
2011 was awful for 360. That is when they got lazy and rehashed things like an unnecessary halo 1 remake,etcNah. 2011 was still amazing. Check the games list. Downfall after that
I blame the DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS.
I bought so many games in that period, holy shit.
360 was so good. How did they tumble from that era
2023 is nothing special in games, not even top 10 in best years.Sorry but no. 2023 is already the best year in video games.
If you’re done projecting your feelings on others and explaining to other people their emotions, I’d like to say I revisit my childhood favorites as an adult and like them just as much if not more than I did thenLet me put it in a more direct way:
Kids are much easier to satisfy and impress. I've seen enough in forums like this, people chasing the same high they felt as a kid but rarely ever getting it, thinking the industry got worse, when they themselves simply got wiser, developed other interests, can't invest time and energy into pasttimes as much as before. Not to mention have their fair share of experience with games, plenty of been there done that.
As a kid/teen, i could spend hours playing games like Test Drive Off Road 3, Flight Simulator X, all whilst think they were the best things ever. Nowadays i would only play racing games like those until i beat then after a few hours, and have basically to energy for a Flight Sim, even though i don't dislike them.
Gears3, dark souls, Skyrim, portal2, dead space2, saints row3, Arkham city, dues ex, bf3, witcher2… that’s just some.2011 was awful for 360. That is when they got lazy and rehashed things like an unnecessary halo 1 remake,etc
We call that nostalgia. And i'm not reading anything, this is just how people generally feel about games. Its 100% normal.If you’re done projecting your feelings on others and explaining to other people their emotions, I’d like to say I revisit my childhood favorites as an adult and like them just as much if not more than I did then
No it’s not because other games I revisit and I’m like this is dogshit I can’t believe I used to play this for hoursWe call that nostalgia. And i'm not reading anything, this is just how people generally feel about games. Its 100% normal.
And i can't be projecting if i'm perfectly satisfied with modern games, i just know what to look for.
I’d like to say I revisit my childhood favorites as an adult and like them just as much if not more than I did then
You're just being contradictory now.No it’s not because other games I revisit and I’m like this is dogshit I can’t believe I used to play this for hours
I knew you’d try to jump at the contradiction rebuttalYou're just being contradictory now.
Doesn't coming back to some of your "favorites" and finding them dogshit kinda proves my point?
Yet that just proves what i said is correct, you like less games now than you would as a kid, even though they're the exact same games. Not the industry getting worse, just your tastes changing.I knew you’d try to jump at the contradiction rebuttal
It’s not a difficult concept dude. For example. Lets say I have 10 games I loved as a kid 7/10 I’ll love just as much. 3 not so much. There is literally zero contradiction
Again, flailing
I’ll over look you trying to completely pivot arguments to say that that’s still erroneous because the portion of games from back then I like are leaps and bounds more than games from now sooooo both your premises failYet that just proves what i said its correct, you like less games now than you would as a kid. Not the industry getting worse, just your tastes changing.
We call that nostalgia. Also the patience of a kid to get invested into something, a thing our adult forms lack.I’ll over look you trying to completely pivot arguments to say that that’s still erroneous because the portion of games from back then I like are leaps and bounds more than games from now sooooo both your premises fail
I literally just debunked this fallacious hand waving like 2 replies ago and you’re regurgitating it because you’re backed into a corner and have effectively lost this debateWe call that nostalgia. Also the patience of a kid to get invested into something, a thing our adult forms lack.
What modern games did you even try playing to be so sure?
I agreee
Worst crowbcat video ever.
Except your "debunk" completely contradicted your original point. To which you respond it was a matter of quantity.I literally just debunked this fallacious hand waving like 2 replies ago and you’re regurgitating it because you’re backed into a corner and have effectively lost this debate