third or forth, can't decide which one

For me it was definitely the 7th Gen. The 360's living, breathing online community was just amazing to be a part of!

1979-1983, 1986-2016

1990's PC gaming and the SNES.  The technological innovation on both those fronts could potentially never be matched again.

5th gen is best gen

7th Generation -> This miracle won't happen again, all 5 consoles sold over 80M!!!

lol how can people be calling the golden age of gaming at a time when the internet didnt even exist and single player games were buggy, 2-dimensional, had limited input, and overally were just so shit that most kids prefered playing outdoors instead?

I agree with above, 7th gen.

5th gen. The advent of 3D... it was amazing. We would have fresh games all the time and we still had 2D games aswell. Alot of great games on all consoles.

Because before then, playing outside was ALL you could do. The advent of videogaming marked alot of people.

And to be honest... there is nothing awesome about the internet that made gaming better. All it did was make the couch experience unpersonal.

7th gen isnt the best one by a long shot. The game quality is atrocious and the innovation nigh inexistant.

6th. PS2, GC, XB and Dreamcast? Yes please. It was the pinnacle of a growing force, now sliding down a hill.