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Mummelmann on 20 April 2021
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8th gen for me, easily. The 7th gen was just a parade of letdowns all over the place. The PS3 made lofty promises that it was nowhere near delivering on, many beloved franchises made the jump and became shadows of their former selves. The controller was uninspired, the quality of the console itself was so-and-so and the prices were utterly insane.

The Xbox 360 was simply the epitome of uninteresting to me, with its heavy focus on shooters from the beginning, as well as online multiplayer, being its main focus in many ways. It had really poor build quality on top of that, there were simply no decent arguments for a PC owner to get one of these (from my point of view).

The Wii was aimed at an entirely different demographic and was the first Nintendo home console that I had no desire whatsoever to own, it was packed with shovelware and basic games, and the Wii-mote was hopeless for traditional gaming. To top it all off, Nintendo went completely overboard with prices on software and peripherals and had, by far, the worst UIs of the lot.


The PS4 delivered, it's a good console that doesn't do anything wacky, doesn't rely on gimmicks or hyperbole in marketing and it "saved" great single-player gaming on consoles in many ways when the industry was headed elsewhere. Decent pricing as well, especially on software.

The Xbox One (S) was the first Xbox I ever owned, mostly due to its immensely competitive pricing and multimedia capability. It actually plays 4K blu-ray, unlike the console made by the actual owner of the format, for some reason. During the 8th gen, MS has gone somewhat back to the roots and has focused on connecting with PC gamers again as well as tying them together with Xbox gamers. Initiatives such as gameshare are a fantastic idea.

The Wii U was a massive failure, but it forced Nintendo into rethinking their shit and ended up forcing their hand into creating a good console again. After two letdowns, I choose to see the Wii U as an important lesson for them, and that's pretty much it.