I agree with OP in that I feel last gen was the worst gen ever.
I remember reading in Neogaf a thread last year which was about the best games of the generation for PS3, the op posted the cover art of the games he liked most, and the cover art for everything was some guy holding a firearm.
There were many Playstation games I liked, the resident evils, the tomb raiders, crash, spyro, the jrpgs, Symphony of the Night, but the only PS3 game I like that I can't get on PC are Demon Souls and Virtua Fighter 5.
I can accet buying the PS3 because it also plays PS2 and PS1 games, but I don't think I will buy a console only for Virtua Fighter VI.
The best example of what happened last gen is Tomb Raider, it used to be an action platformer with puzzles, and it became a cinematic experience.