[Poll] Which is your favourite generation out of these 3 (Current, Past 2) and Why?

[Michael-5]

I voted this generation because I feel there is stronger competition, and as a result were seeing better games.

However had the SNES/Gen/Turbografix gen been included, I'd have voted for that.

Last gen, PS2 saw extreme superiority in terms of sales. Nintendo's Gamecube was almost completly deprived of any third party games. Yes Nintendo did produce some of the best games they have ever made (Metroid, Pikmin, Smash Bros, Eternal Darkness, etc), but they also produced a lot of garbage and tarnished a lot of franchises (Mario Party, Super Mario, Zelda, Starfox, Mario Kart, etc). Microsoft was new to the game, and produced a limited number of great exclusives, and really killed Rare. So as a result of all this, you made any game for the PS2 and it would sell, and I don't feel there were too many standout titles. That is why they place third for me.

The N64/PS1 generation saw a lot of change, some of it really damn good. We also saw the best games some franchises will ever have. Zelda, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Mario Kart, Tekken, Starfox, Panzer Dragoon, etc. This generation saw a lot of franchises make successful 3D debuts. Nintendo also made same great spinoffs with Rare and Camalot, Mario Party will never be the same, ad I don't think we will see as many new IP's from them without Rare. This is why they are second.

However this gen, man competition is not only driving game sales, but quality and number too. There are more high quality games this generation then any prior, and not 1 system hogs them all. There is Metroid, Smash Bros, Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, XenoBlade, etc on Wii. Gears, Halo, Lost Odyssey, Forza, Alan Wake, and Mass Effect on 360. Killzone, Valkeria Chronicles, GT, LittleBigPlanet, and InFamous on PS3, and finally some really high quality multiplatform games like Dead Space, Portal, Crysis, Fallout, Assassin's Creed, and yes even Call of Duty.

The only issue this gen is that I feel it is somewhat more repetitive then prior generations. N64 and Gamecube only saw 1 mainstream Mario title, Wii has 3. There were only 2 Halo's on XB, but 360 already has 4 and 2 more comming, and a lot pf Sony's franchises are seeing 3 or more games this gen, when PS2 and PS1 often only had 1 or two games per series. Not only that, but how some games are now getting annual installments, like CoD and Assassin's Creed.

Still, there is enough new to overlook this, and if you get really attached to one franchise, at least this gen you won't be limited by 1 game.