Next Gen - Is it really "all that" ?

XboxOne or PS4 – is “Next Gen” really worth it right now? Well Thomas Firth knows his brother would certainly argue that it is. Returning home from a hard shift at the building site, putting on his headset and enjoying a game of Battlefield 4 in all its 60fps glory. However, Thomas has pause for thought when he looks to his collection of games. Before him he can see games that he also own and if so inclined may also purchase for his “out of date” piece of hardware.

[mandf]

Yup! I already own 57 games and looking forward to more. Media needs to stop hating.

[Daz]

Bloody hell lol. i got 7 games that i brought for ps4 and xbox combined ;p

soon to be 8 for forza horizon2

And 183 games on steam

[Rick_Ross_Boss]

second that lol.

[mandf]

Right on Daz game it up. I embarrassed to say it but I have 400+ games on the ps3 and I didn't even play some of them.

[NukaCola]

This gen is pretty great. The media has made a huge effort in trying to belittle current gen games.

[bumnut]

You must have bought a lot of crap games, there are only around 10 games worth buying on either console.

Didn't even know there were 57 games out yet

[mandf]

112 games have been released. I feel unless you play the game, you can't know if it's good. About 35 of them were good. I'm semi retired and this is my love and hobby

[Loktai]

Yes. Every clickbait negative article I see now is more and more of a stretch . An article like this belongs soon after launch if anything... we're approaching a year in.

[mandf]

So true. E3, gamescom, and TGS just happened and this is what the media focuses on. Developers can only make games so fast.

[Scatpants]

Yeah, but in that year there's only been like 5 AAA next gen games released that are worth playing. I still have both systems and don't see the point of articles like this

[Loktai]

You mean "In that 10 months" because.... shadow of mordor, driveclub, forza horizon, etc etc are still to come. Exactly what do you want out of a game system in one year? You're usually hard pressed to have 5 "AAA" games "worth playing" come out in a year until the console has already been out a couple years. The first year of 360 was no better, same with ps3 and pretty much every other console.

So you're qualifying it as 'worth playing' which probably means you wont take "remasters" or anything as worth playing. Only 5? I guess if you also dont include anything thats also on previous gen or PC.

[josephayal]

PS4 and Xbox One don't have any games really worth playing right now

[SteamPowered]

Very true. Im getting tired of remakes and let downs.

[SteamPowered]

The Kinect didnt really work as well as initially advertised. That right there soured my next-gen experience. Ps4 is great graphically and such, but Im still waiting for the "Wowee!!" game.

[DLConspiracy]

If you have not already tried. Then please play the "D4" kinect game that just came out for Xbox One. It changed my mind about Kinect motion controls drastically.

[SteamPowered]

Good to hear. Maybe I will snag it and ....re-kinect.

[DLConspiracy]

@SteamPowered

:D It's pretty fun. Just make sure you set up the optimal seating arrangement. I placed a chair in the middle of the room for optimal performance. After that. I was actually quite pleased how responsive it was. Proved myself wrong and was able to smile a lot.

[Jyndal]

My "next gen" has turned out to be the Wii U. The last Nintendo system I had was the N64, so I thought I'd try and give Nintendo another shot.

It's been an absolute blast!

[GuruStarr78]

Yeah, I'm getting by fine without a ps4 or xbone (for now).

I've got a Wii U, but I almost consider that "last gen"...

I think once games like Halo 5 come out, I'll jump into a xbone and/or PS4..

[Nathan170]

"Next gen" delayed to 2015...

[ScottyHoss]

I'm just waiting for them to hopefully abandon old Gen :/ or have generation (+pc of course) specific features.

[WheatBread]

November 18, 2014

[KarmaV12]

^YES

[OldDude]

For me it has been. Granted I play multiplat's on PC and only exclusives on consoles. I have traded in my PS4, WiiU (a serious let down for me) and Vita on Steam cards at Gamestop when they were doing the additional 30% promotion. I have enjoyed my X1 however and will buy another PS4 when/if the games warrant it.

[MysticStrummer]

I haven't felt the need to jump to current gen yet. Every time I think I'm about to, I change my mind. Still having great fun with my PS3. No one I personally know has gone to the new consoles yet, for whatever that's worth.

[KiLLUMiNATi_89]

Nope.. Nothing but ports and my question is, why didn't theses diabolical companies just create a backwards compatible machine? But here comes sony with the biggest "SCAM" in gaming history with this PSNOW service. How is that gaming friendly? Would a rational person please explain, im open to anyone's soliloquy..

[MysticStrummer]

The PSNow service may very well fail, but it's not a scam in any sense of the word.

[mananimal]

PSNow is a COMPLETE SCAM.

it's about $$$$, they could have just made a backwards compatible PS4.

[Loktai]

Game rentals are a scam now? I guess netflix's disk service is a scam too.. REDBOX must be the biggest scam you've ever seen. Blockbuster mustve been shut down by the US government because it was a giant SCAM.

[KiLLUMiNATi_89]

Netflix+onefee= access everything

Redbox+$1/day= fair. There's no fee when using the vending machine.

ScamNow pay us a fee and pay for the games you'll like to access. How is that friendly? Why not do something similar to what Netflix offers?