Alright, rant time!

I know it's not exactly the most eloquent thesis statement, but this current generation of systems SUCKS! I started off buying a lot of games this generation, because I was really excited for the promise of this generation, based on how great the last generation was. The GameCube had some great new series (Pikmin and Animal Crossing) and revived some old ones (Metroid Prime). Mixrosoft game on the scene and brought a slightly harder edge to gaming. And then, of course, is the PS2 which was just amazing with more than enough games for anyone's taste. So with the great performance of the prior gen, you'd think game maker would actually improve this generation bu increasing the power of the systems. Taking what you've been doing and using the new capabilities to do more, awesome! No.

Somehow, it seems every game system has some MAJOR shortfalls which have contributed to an overall lack of quality that is causing us to suffer from what feels like a huge quality drought. Thanks to Nintendo, every game is shovelware. Even Nintendo's own 1st party software is shovelware! Look at WiiPlay, totally worthless games tacked on with a controller. I speak as an owner, the game is terrible Really, they're the type of games you'd play on ome flash site, get bored, andnever see again.

Playstation, well it's asy to see where they went wrong, they set their price so high that even if their old audience was willing to go with their system, they couldn't afford it. Now, a lot of their titles go ov er to X360. And once that happens, the worst thing of all happens. You get the nerfed game that has to fit onto one DVD. If any of you wondered why GTA4 was so much smaller of a world than San Andreas and why FFXIII is taking so long, look no further than X360's format of choice, the DVD.

I find myself buying games on anything EXCEPT this gen lately. This year, I've bought exactly TWO games on the current gen systems (not including DS/PSP) and that is Ace Combat 6 and Street Fighter IV. With my game buying habits (usually 10-30 games a month), to only have2 games from this gen added to my collection in 2 months, that's just sad and speaks to the lack of quality.

Personaly, I'm starting to wonder if this generation can be saved. Nintendo is gone, IMO. Unless something shocking happens at E3, I think that there's a good chance I dont play Wii again (only The Conduit looks to possibly change that, cuz lord knows Project HAMMER is gone). X360, I'm starting to think that I won't go to that other than for games I already have, because honestly, how many more FPS games can one person play outside of the Fauxcore gamers? PS3, that's my system right now this gen, and even that gets very little attention.

Kind of sad, but last gen, even though Dreamcast is my favorite, really, every system had so many redeeming qualities, I played the hell out of all of them. This gen though, really, the systems perform the task of lowering my TV stand's center of gravity more than anything.