I have been wondering why this generation feels a little bland and a little less crowded.
I am not talking about the number of games releasing,that has been taken care by yearly and numbered releases of the same old franchises we had last generation.
I am talking about the lack of new franchise releases like we had last generation.I know,last generation was something BIG both in terms of lenght and popularity but most of last generations new franchises didn't come on the popular Wii or at the end of of last gen but in the starting 4-5 years.
I know HD Gaming was a new and BIG thing and the gaming industry was also booming with the economy(atleast at the start of the gen till 2008) but the breadth and depth of new releases was phenomenal.
Here's to list just a few:
Assassins Creed
Haze
Uncharted
Kane & Lynch
Infamous
Gears of War
Wii Sports
Wii Fit
Star Wars Force Unleashed
Just Dance
Little Big Planet
Playstation All Stars
Mass Effect
Witcher
Bioshock
Boderlands
Rage
Rock Band
Forza
Saints Row
Red Dead Redemption
Portal
Left 4 Dead
Just Cause
Motorstorm
Resistance
Heavy Rain
Last of US
Demon Souls
Crysis
Here are some of the old franchise's that had new spinoff's or became BIG last gen:
Call of Duty
Battlefield Bad Company
Halo Wars
Metal Gear Solid Revengeance
Duke Nukem
Fallout
Killzone
This gen we have seen more of a consolidation with same developers release numbered releases of the same established franchise with few new IP's.
Last edited by lightningfunk - on 30 November 2018
