Lord Igniz
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- Dec 24, 2019
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Interesting question posed here. I own both a Xbox One and PS4 Pro, but I'm guessing those will be the last consoles I ever purchase. Starting with that generation (8th Gen I think it's considered?) the consoles are simply PCs that are focused on gaming; and I'm not really a PC gamer (even though I technically have a "gaming PC). The thing that was great about the previous generation of gaming, you could just pop in a cartridge or disc into your console and immediately be gaming. The new consoles, since they operate like a PC, first require to install the data to the console hard drive, then you have to download multiple patches, etc. By the time you actually are ready to play the game you just bought, it could be an hour or more from the time you insert the disc to actually playing the game. Another negative is how much DLC there is. For example, I was playing Tekken 7 last night, and so many of the characters were locked behind "DLC" which cost $6/additional character. That is quite egregious in my book, especially considering a game from the previous gen like TTT2 had much more content without any DLC.
That being said, the previous generation did have some really fantastic games. The new generation (PS5, Xbox Series X, Switch) do not interest me in the slightest. Gaming reached its peak around the 4th generation for me. Each console that generation had its strengths and distinctive personality- and they were all fantastic (PC Engine, Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo).
That being said, the previous generation did have some really fantastic games. The new generation (PS5, Xbox Series X, Switch) do not interest me in the slightest. Gaming reached its peak around the 4th generation for me. Each console that generation had its strengths and distinctive personality- and they were all fantastic (PC Engine, Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo).