How do you feel about this generation ending?

I guess PC gamers don't necessarily think of gaming in terms of generations, but console gamers, how do you feel about the generation ending? Does it matter to you? For me, the end of a generation is a time of reflection! Makes me want to wrap up all of my favorite games before moving onto the next one. An exciting time indeed. I would say this generation was pretty good. I played most games I wanted to play and I'm feeling optimistic about the next gen. Better graphics, performance, and new IPs! How about you? Excited? Sad? Indifferent?

I play on PS4 so its pretty awesome with Goty contender exclusives in its last year. FF7R and TLoU2 is my Goty pick. I also play on Switch which this year the games that I bought, Ring Fit adventure which is amazing, and FE Three Houses which is really underwhelming to be honest. Monastery is repetitive as heck. This year been good.

PC doesnot have generations. PC gen started from 1974 to onwards.

console generation is something i dont care.

Don't care about gens. My PC has its own gen, and so does Nintendo, which are the only things I care about.

PC and nintendo are exact opposite of each other. PC is for hardcore and nintendo is for casual kids.

Cool story bro.

In reality though, both PC and Nintendo are for everyone.

PC does have casual titles like PUBG, fortnite, CSGO, DOTA etc.

but nintendo make childish and colorful games. they still dont make real games.

lol

Can't complain with FF7R TLOU2 and Ghost of Tsushima.

Yeah this last year with the PS4 has been great! One of the best ends to a gen that I can remember!

Also discovered a new series in Yakuza with Yakuza 0!

wake me up when nintendo actually make FPS game.

I'm never sad to see one go - other than that it symbolizes a need to crack open my wallet again. Mostly just fun to see new gadgets

I wish it would hurry up and end, tired of all the console folks speculating and dick measuring. Shit's getting old.

In all seriousness, though, I am very excited to see what "next-gen" brings. And with MS more or less releasing all games on PC, and with Sony seemingly following suit, it is a great time to be a gamer in general but especially a PC gamer.

Constantly eating and evolving, like the primordial zerg :P Dominating the food chain.

wake up and understand not everyone like fps. go play mafia 2 for the hundredth time lol.

im ready for new console but not ready for the ps5 games. i still have ps4 games i want to play on the ps5 like ghost.

PS4 rocked, also ended on a high note.

Xbox One ... lol

PS4 owners are satisfied. Xboners well... LOL

Oh but Phil said gens no longer exist so.

Hopefully BC is competent on it - then you can have both!

It's fine. Game development pushes ahead overall once consoles move forward. It's great for every platform and even better for PC. PS4 had a god-level run. With sales no one thought they would ever see again. To another amazing run this gen.

PS4 has had an amazing gen, PC has had an amazing gen.

I still have loads of PS4 games that I have yet to play, and PC saw the return of the RTS genre, I couldn't be happier with this gen.

The ps4 has been pushed to the limits with exclusives finishing off the gen as well as i can remember any console.

I think this gen is and has been great, but I’m also fine with moving on. Games no longer blow me away graphically. I also think loading times are pretty annoying and not something I will miss. This gen is underpowered when it comes to VR.

I’m excited for reduced loading times and other SSD benefits, 3d audio, PSVR2 🤞. Bring it on 😎!

Honestly despite the massive big releases that we had recently, FFVII:R, TLOU2 and GOT, I do feel people have been focusing on the next gen consoles than anything else.

I am actually surprised these game sold several millions on launch. Logically people would have waited for PS5 and got these games cheaper via BC on it.

It feels short, but then I sit back and think about how long ago it was that I got my Wii U. It's going on eight years. Which is crazy to me. I didn't get as much out of this gen as the last. It's fine, sometimes that happens. I did get The Witcher 3, Xenoblade X, Wind Waker HD, and Breath of the Wild out of it. There are others in the library, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

Even gaming primarily on PC these days, not like what happens on the console side doesn't affect that. Most of my favorite games are multiplats, so the baseline standard being raised is always a good thing.

Beyond the tech, interested to see what the new design trends will be.

Way tired of the standard open world approach at this point. BotW was great, even if it shared some of the standard similarities. Death Stranding inverts the structure of open world games, and is arguably the only open world game that completely justifies its larger spaces. Both games are systems driven in ways that make their spaces enjoyable. If we moved further in those directions, would be cool, but I doubt it. So would rather see more games go back to smaller, better paced, tightly designed spaces.

Never got into the battle royale craze, no opinion there.

Anyways, wouldn't say I'm excited, just interested to see where things go.

I'd rather Sony just release all their games on PC from the start so I don't have to buy another mid-spec computer. I have too many computers already.

I'm looking forward to more games having ray-tracing though.

Should have ended two years ago.

Really dislike how Sony and MS have been trying to extend their generations over the traditional 5 years these past two gens.

It will staaaaaay in my heart and, my heart will go oooooooon and oooooooon.

A mixture of excitement and worry.

Excitement: New hardware, a new baseline set, new possibilities. I'm hoping to see something that bring the PS5, XSX and high end PCs to their knees (as in hitting 30FPS just about on a 3950X and 3080ti at max settings) AND the game justifies it. I want a new crysis or something like star citizen. We didnt really have a "oh ok.,..new gen has really started" moment this gen.

Worry: the cost of development. It's going to be horrifying next gen. The wallet is already a big bottleneck this gen (arguably the biggest)....it's going to be absolutely brutal next gen. what toll is that going to take?

Its one step closer to all digital.

@Willy105:

PS1: 1994

6 years later

PS2: 2000

6 years later

PS3: 2006

7 years later

PS4: 2013

7 years later

PS5: 2020

What is this 5 year nonsense? generations have been 6-7 years since 1994.

Should've ended in 2018. Games were good, tho.

Especially now with how long development takes.

Had a lot of fun playing a lot of great games this gen and still have more waiting to be played but I am very excited to see next gen is nearly here.

Wii U/Switch and Xbox One sucked, but overall it was way better than last gen because of how good the PC and PS4 libraries were. I even got two of my dreams games as well (three, if I count Rodea as part of this gen).

Id rate it a 5/10

I prefer

#1 SNES Gen

#2 PS1 Gen

#3 PS2 Gen

#4 NES Gen

#5 360 Gen

#6 PS4 Gen

Its up there with the one of the worst gens battle Royale sucks, micro transactions suck.

yeah I just not a fan I mean maybe if you are into those things you liked this gen more.

The biggest problem this gen was the hardware was dated before it was even out hence the pro and X being released. The new consoles should have released a year earlier.

Agree this gen went on way to long.

This generation's not ending for Microsoft.

I feel as satisfied with this gen as with the last one.

Even though some companies like Konami are gone, the fact that Kojima (MGS), Iga (Castlevania) and Murayama (Suikoden) become independent and are making their own games is making for it enough (well, except for Silent Hills.)

@Mozelleple112: I guess it depends on when and where you were when they launched. But longer gaps between generations wasn't always the case. I used US dates for consistency.

Nintendo:

NES (1985) to SNES (1991) - 6 years

SNES (1991) to N64 (1996) - 5 years

N64 (1996) to GameCube (2001) - 5 years

GameCube (2001) to Wii (2006) - 5 years

Wii (2006) to WiiU (2012) - 6 years

WiiU (2012) to Switch (2017) - 5 years

Average: 5.3 years

Sega:

Master System (1986) to Genesis (1989) - 3 years

Genesis (1989) to Sega CD (1992) - 3 years

Sega CD (1992) to 32X (1994) - 2 years

32X (1994) to Saturn (1995) - 1 year

Saturn (1995) to Dreamcast (1999) - 4 years

Average: 2.6

Xbox:

Xbox (2001) to 360 (2005) - 4 years

360 (2005) to Xbox One (2013) - 8 years

Xbox One (2013) to Series X (2020) - 7 years

Average: 6.3

Playstation:

PS1 (1995) to PS2 (2000) - 5 years

PS2 (2000) to PS3 (2006) - 6 years

PS3 (2006) to PS4 (2013) - 7 years

PS4 (2013) to PS5 (2020) - 7 years

Average: 6.3

Hopefully I didn't goof up the numbers, but my point is that these longer gens haven't always been the standard, and someone who lived through the older gens might see it differently. I did leave out 3DO, TurboGrafx, Jaguar, etc, to keep the clutter down, but for someone who lived through the 90's they did contribute to the time feeling very chaotic, regarding launches. But I also left out mid-gen refreshes, which technically shorten newer gens...but we can argue about that another time. Longer gens do appear to be the standard these days.

To the main topic... this has easily been my least favorite gen. Probably better overall quality, but way too focused on stuff I don't care about (br, mtx, graphics over gameplay, flossing, ewwwww)

I'm a little concerned about the next one. I'm a big fan of Microsoft's push for backwards compatibility, but I'm NOT a fan of what looks like a push to a subscription/Gameflix model.

Excited for next gen. This gen was so so. I might just be getting burnt out or jaded.

@dimebag667: You're really skewing those numbers, throw out all that crap for Sega cd and 32x

The genesis lasted from 1988 to 1995!

I'm indifferent about it to be honest and don't really have any thoughts to share as it is. I have certain games that I like and that's about it. My Switch and 3DS have been played much more than my PS4. I plan to get a PS5 but I'm in no rush.

@Star67: You do have a point, but those add-ons did give the ability to keep up with the emerging standards. They didn't erase the viability of the Genesis alone, but they were a step above...and they cost about as much as a new console.

I don't know anyone at the time that didn't see those as a "new" console, despite them being upgrades to Genesis.

I still think halo infinite will be ms last 1st party current gen game.

I never really cared whether a generation begins or ends. I am more concerned over whether there is something new and interesting under the sun.