Is This Generation Failing to Progress?

From TAGS: "If the past few years, hell the past few months, have been any indication then this generation could be one of the best in gaming. Sure in the future we will look back on this generation and think of the inherent problems of the consoles; with the 360’s RROD plaguing almost every owner at least once, the PS3’s blu-ray drive failures and the Wii’s disk slot filling with so much dust that when the one game a year that you want to play finally comes out, you cant fit the disk in there.

OK Wii fanboys that was just a joke, but in that joke lies a hint of truth. Why is it that the Wii, or Revolution as it was code named, generated so much excitement but is now the laughing stock of hard core gamers. Revolution has been very slim this generation; look at the games released at the start of the year. You show me one game that is original, chances are you are going to show me a game that has taken either a previous game in the series or another games core mechanics and refined it. I’m not saying that is a bad thing, these games have been great, but it can’t be a good thing for the future of gaming."