Opinion: 8th generation is the worst generation in video game history

[outlawauron]

Soundwave said:

outlawauron said:

Geez. That's odd. SNES was a great console, but 4th gen was trash. One competitive console, crappy handhelds, and such small quantity of games releasing.

I can see a lot of good arguments for 6th generation, but 5th generation had a great amount of software but lacked so many great things coming from later generations.

Uh ... obviously you weren't gaming in the early 90s ... the SNES-Genesis console war was arguably the most fierce one the industry has seen, only one competetive console ... lol. The Genesis had many great games too and if anything Sony gets far too much credit, Sega really is the one that laid most of the ground work for the industry being aimed more at an older audience and changing how games were marketed. 

And? Genesis is only relevant because it was Sega's last console that survived a console cycle. I think the reason why people feel this way is nostalgia. Nostalgia plays a bigger role  during this period because that's your first (and likely fondest) memories of video games. I started gaming at the end of the 4th, start of the 5th for reference.