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curl-6 on 18 April 2014
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artur-fernand said:

Alright.

Wii Sports is a very, VERY specific case. And God forbid if every generation doesn't have a PARADIGM-SHIFTING game right off the bat. Wii Sports really became old after a while anyway. Twilight Princess was being developed as a Game Cube game for years, was ready six months before the beginning of the 7th gen, and only got delayed so it could be a launch title. It's, for all intents and purposes, a 6th gen game.

And the Wii U has zero third-party support, because of Nintendo's mistakes. But Jesus, look at the first-party. It's pretty solid already.

And with "all" these examples, you've failed to mention anything exciting on the PS360 on a 5 months period. I stand corrected, becoming desperate or disappointed that 8th gen still doesn't have something really exciting is a double standard and a clear example of short memory. Again, the 4th gen - a favorite among many people - only received truly good games in 1996. Games like Chrono Trigger and Donkey Kong Country only came out in 1995, Jesus. For recent examples, check out Gears of War, Super Mario Galaxy or Uncharted - a year after their respective console's launch.

Wii Sports still made the 7th gen feel fresh and exciting, because it was something altogether new.

And Zelda launched on Wii first, with the Gamecube version added later, so it debuted as a 7th gen launch title.

PS3/360 did indeed have dull beginnings, much like PS4/Xbone/Wii U, but the Wii was there to pick up the slack.

As someone who started gaming in the 4th gen, every prior generational transition I've lived through felt like a giant leap forward; 3D in the 5th gen, vastly more complex worlds in the 6th gen, motion gaming in the 7th. This one just feels like a shinier verson of last gen, minus the innovation.