Have we reached the golden age of gaming, 2015-2020 and beyond?

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John2290 said:

I don't understand. The indies today on PSN rival anything that was on consoles pre-6th gen and the AA games try their hardest to get quality above AAA 6th and 7th, some come close but the quality of AAA exclusives and some AAA multiplats, the odd few, that are releasing are so far beyond anything on previous generation in terms of quality. I think this is a quantity over quality issue or perhaps, people aren't looking at all platforms, including PC deeply enough...or maybe nostalgia plays into it.
Sure they're are some AAA companies that are screwing the pouch in some regards and releasing unfinished, microtransaction filled games but this is our own fault for giving into this shit all last gen. Hell, even if you're going for quantity you wouldn't have the time to play all games now from start to finish if you were playing 24/7 with some kind of godly insomnia power and you wouldn't end up playing games that are designed to be padded out or use gameplay loops of the same content to extend time instead you would play through finely designed content that can last dozens to hundreds of hours and never repeat the same content and to that point on the opposite end of things, you could play one game through the whole generation and still have fun with it such as Overwatch/destiny like games, and some people do.
Perhaps it's because the gen isn't over yet but I can't see why in 2021 we will look back and see this gen for the incredible, thing of beauty it has been. Warts and all.
There has never been so much choice of quality games in the history of gaming, it's never been so cheap or easy to buy a game and play it as your interest dictates. Millions of more people who never game or don't have the time now fill waiting time or stress relief with mobile games. We have three majour players, all with no clear fatal wounds and a PC ecosystem that the worst you can say about, is over saturated.
I just don't understand.

AND ... we can play all the games from previous generations if we so desire.

Then you haven't played (enough) pre 6th gen games.

Show me the games allegedly rival the depth, variety, quality and have the je ne sais quoi of a Secret of Evermore/Mana, SuperDoubleDragon, Shadowrun, Spindizzyworlds, KingArthursWorld, Cybernator, Flashback, Utopia, SimCity, Populous, FinalFight, Rock n Roll Racing, Mechwarrior (SNES), Metal Marines, Castlevania, Road Rash, Desert/Jungle Strike, StreetFighter/MortalKombat/Samurai Showdown etc (is there actually a good fighting game by indie?), ZombiesAteMyNeighbours, Super Bomberman, Earthworm Jim, Another World, Blackthorne, Super Turrican, Syndicate, Breath of Fire III, etc.

 

This is an incomplete list of 5th gen games i personally owned and played extensively. Not necessarily a 10/10, 9/10 or even 7/10. I didn't include Nintendo titles, and are you sure you meant pre sixth gen? Because this would include Playstation and N64 and would make the list of games substantially longer.

"rival anything". Any-thing. No one aware of the spectrum of games available pre 6gen would say such a thing.