The Daily Five: Reasons Why This Was the Worst Gen Ever

"For all of those rosy moments and memories, though, there are plenty of things about this console cycle that really sticks in our craw. Stuff that really grinds our gears. Gets our goats, even. As such, it only felt right to reciprocate Monday’s posi vibes and air out our grievances." - Joe Garcia

[thirtyandnerdy]

I had a lot of fun with the games that came out this generation. However, I also feel like this gen was sort of just a stepping stone for a lot of developers and publishers. Hopefully a lot of the lingering ailments the author has pointed out will come to pass and we can experience the true potential of what it means to game this decade.

[Muffins1223]

This gen lasted to long(8 years) ...it should of ending 2 years ago...but they wanted to extend it with kinect and it forced developers to be held back technically,hopefully the upcoming generation should only last at most 6 years

[Septic]

We got some downright amazing games this gen:

* PGR
* Halo games
* Left For Dead
* Forza
* Mass Effect
* Oblivion
* Skyrim
* Portal
* Lost Odyssey
* Uncharted
* MGS4
* The Last of Us
* God of War
* Forza
* Call of Duty MW
* Saints Row 1-2
* GTA
* Crackdown
* Infamous
* Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* Killzone
* Darksiders
* Tomb Raider
* Mortal Kombat 9
* Street Fighter 4
* Journey, Limbo, Braid etc
* GRID
* Battlefield 3
* Warhawk
* Fallout
* Borderlands
* Amazing sports games: Fifa, Fight Night etc
* Bioshock
* Assassin's Creed
* Demon Soul

to name a few!

If anything, there were far too many good games! I haven't even played the likes of SSX and some of the ones mentioned above!

Gamers are incredibly spoilt these days.

[ltachiUchiha]

I loved this gen. Alot of great games & still coming.

[yugovega]

too many shooters and classic series like resident evil, silent hill, final fantasy, ghost recon, and splinter cell all went downhill. this gen was good for shooters and thats about it. if you liked anything else it was slim pickings and if you did find a game in the genre you liked it was more then likely a letdown.

[Hayabusa 117]

One word for you: Bayonetta.

[sprinterboy]

"this gen was good for shooters and thats about it"

Heavy rain, flower, super stardust hd,journey, sorcery, portal, dead nation, gran turismo, f1 2011, grid series, wonderbook was good for the kids, batman series, fifa, GoW, NfS, dark souls, fight night, prison break, sly cooper, echochrome, sports champions, dakura, catherine, rayman, MK, castlevania, mirrors edge, dante inferno, ace combat/ flight wargames, dragon ball,TW golf series, LBP/ karting, modnation, ps all stars, ruse, R&C series, Gitar hero and prince of persia just to name a few

edit, maybe your in the wrong hobby dude.

[Roper316]

it's more of a 2 headed beast for me.

Broken incomplete games released at full price. Some may get fixed some may not but they'll all have cash grab over priced DLC for you weather it's playable or not.

[valet_Smerdyakov]

I quite like the current gen, it's brought lots of great new IPs: LBP, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Uncharted, Portal. What I don't like though:
1) no game from team ico this gen
2) no new Persona this gen
3) too many dumb shooters
4) too few RPGs

[Der_Kommandant]

One reason this was the best gen ever

Naughty Dog

[kaozgamer]

This gen had lots of new awesome IPs

[lucaskeller1]

This gen milked first person shooters to the death. Hopefully next gen will have more developers taking risks and making unique and innovative gaming experiences like a few have this gen. Im looking foward to next gen and almost feel as if the ps3 was justa beta to prepeare us for the ps4 as it did try many new things to see whether gamers liked it or not (home, move, etc). Despite this I think ps3 offered the best gaming experience this gen and it doesn't look like its going to die anytime soon.

[Blastoise]

I love that thumbnail image lol

[Williamson]

The gen was awesome but dlc cut content out from games and gamers were charged extra for it, instead of adding new content to games through it. A special feeling was also missing from this gen that past systems like the SNES, ps1, and Dreamcast for example had...not really sure what that special feeling was but it feels as if some of the games lacked creativity and passion from some developers.

[medman]

What a nonsense headline.

[Stoppokingme]

We got plenty of good games this gen, that's all I care about.

[WheatBread]

Besides that it's not too bad, but it's definitely the worst compared to the previous gens.

[mydyingparadiselost]

Anyone even read the article? This has very little to do with the games that were released and more about the dysfunction of the industries practices that have gone mostly unchecked this gen. There are great games in every generation but the extreme BS of DLC, being release day $60 beta testers and the DRM (for consoles) and massively bloated costs (and the subsequent 'oh we weren't successful cause of used games and piracy) is this gen and this gen only. At least until next gen...