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[Huge Succeeded]

I am okay with that, screw open world games, give me handcrafted level design.

> in reference to a series that was always open world

 

[JordanN]

I am okay with that, screw open world games, give me handcrafted level design.

Now convince the masses to accept PS2 graphics.

We already see heated arguments when Switch games don't look on par with PS4/XBO, with mobile games soon joining them. The days of quick game development are dead when photorealism still matters to many.

 

[Crossing Eden]

I am okay with that, screw open world games, give me handcrafted level design.

Open world requires a metric fuckton of artists who hand place objects in the space.

 

[Astral Dog]

I remember buying my first PS4 November last year, good times 😏

 

[walking fiend]

Shit, now that you said, I can't believe it's been 4 years!

 

[Mr-Joker]

Four years in to the current generation and we still can't play PS1 Classic on the PS4 how droll.

 

[Lindsay]

I got my PS4 in april an all of the games I have for it are PS3 ports. Clunky new UI aside, I really dun feel like I've even entered the current gen yet x.x;

Now convince the masses to accept PS2 graphics.

Would ya say HD Remasters are predominantly bought by the masses or pre-existing fans/enthusiasts?

 

[Gurish]

They came out late 2013, we are approaching year 4 though.

Time did fly though, it’s been a very good gen so far.

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

This whole generation seems entirely unnecessary to me outside of first party exclusives. I've been enjoying things just fine with a 3DS and a six-year-old PC. I'd include Switch in that but I really only have a couple games so far.

Likewise, I'm on an old PC that has only really been displaced this year by the Switch, and the western AAA market has been irrelevant to my interests for so long (outside of PC-centric genres like strategy) that literally the only place where the standard generational calendar is even relevant to me is in NeoGAF threads. Maybe I'll do a big catch-up next time I have a big PC upgrade cycle, which is what I did for the previous generation as it was on its way out, but at the moment I can't even think of much from the past few years I really feel I missed and am desperate to play, apart from a few of the smaller games already on PC like Ori and Cuphead. Last time, at least I could tell myself, "I've got new gear—time to dive into Deus Ex, Arkham, Borderlands, etc. on high settings at last." I can't think of what the equivalents are from the last few years; hardly anything in that sector has appealed to me at all (Nier, maybe?), and the Switch is keeping me so busy as it is that I'm already sitting on a neglected 3DS backlog.

 

[Jencks]

I was a freshman in high school when the generation started and now I'm a freshman in college. Pretty crazy how it flew by.

 

[Kaizer]

This year it just feels like a bubble burst & we were hit with an explosion of good games all around for everyone. Combine that with Nintendo launching their new flagship system this year and it's been a very good year for games and this console generation overall.

 

[timberger]

Not really, especially considering the past year alone has been better than any single year last gen for sheer volume of quality releases. Well... on most platforms at any rate.

Time flies when you're having fun, as they say

excuse me ?? 2014 was garbage for PS4 but was amazing for Xbox one, but i agree, overall it was a very weak year

Edit: unless you mean 2013 was garbage for ps4\x1, you are half right, it was good for Xbox one and horrible for PS4

I know this is an xviper post, but seriously... you must be from a different 2013/2014 than me then, because I don't remember feeling like this even a little. In fact, by the end of 2014 was around the time I started to dislike Xbox completely after a decade of it being my go-to brand.

 

[Rad-]

I think this has been by far the weakest console gen since NES. However PC gaming has been good.

 

[mas8705]

So we are in agreement that it probably has felt like three years, right? The time has flown by and with the revisions of current consoles like the Pro and the upcoming x1x, I sometimes forget that we have been in this generation for a good while (in spite of how it still feels too early to be talking about the next generation).

 

[kunonabi]

The PS4 half of the generation certainly feels young as I didn't buy one until Holiday 2015. I've already bought more games than I ever did on the X360 and PS3 combined and I avoided the wasteland that was thosr first couple years.

Ive been primarily a Wii U gamer up until this year so the generation as a whole feels more seasoned. Im still in no hurry for a PS5 or a Switch though as the 3DS and PS4 still have plenty of juice in the tank.