Ten years ago, I might have agreed with you. Early 7th gen, with the Xbox 360-driven emphasis on brownscale FPS's, was probably my least favorite era of video games. The DS and PSP helped, but it wasn't the same as having games on a full size console with full graphics. The one real saving grace from that time was Valkyria Chronicles, which is one of my favorite games of all time, but even there, its sequels ended up going handheld, with one never even making it out of Japan. I almost thought about quitting video games altogether.
But now? No. Things started getting better in 2013 for me with Ni no Kuni, PS4, in fact, is pretty close to a revival of the PS1 and PS2 eras in my book. Times change, things change. We still have a lot of turn-based games. Persona 5 was a critical and commercial success and has sold over 2 million copies, so it's safe to say that Sega will probably be prioritizing Persona 6. The only game we got from the Persona team on PS3/360 was a puzzle game. And I really enjoyed FF15, moreso than I did FF10, in fact. And right now I'm really into FF12: Zodiac Age. NieR: Automata has been a big seller for Platinum and Square Enix, an example of what Platinum could do for RPGs as well as a look at what might have been had Microsoft not cancelled Scalebound (glad I didn't spring for an Xbox One since Scalebound was the lone exclusive I cared about for X1). It took a great game and made it even better. So, I'm pretty happy with PS4, and the Switch looks to be a bridge between handhelds and home consoles that will hopefully bring more RPGs to the TV screen.
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