7th gen or 8th gen

[zeldaring]

curl-6 said:

Mar1217 said:

Hum, but from the perspective of an historian and giving an outlook to the whole thing, I'd say the 7th Gen is the last real traditional one where we could see most console makers flourish with a multitude of original IPs being pushed, classics being formed for all of them and all that before practices of increasing monetization to their customer base really went in full motion and the focus shifting to tested IPs with homogenized RPG and gameplay mechanics, so the enshitification of gaming.

Yeah that was one of my favourite things about the 7th gen, the sheer number of standout new IPs.

In the span of a single generation we got the likes of Bioshock, Mass Effect, Xenoblade, Uncharted, Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, The Last Story, Bayonetta, Vanquish, Wii Sports, Dead Space, Alan Wake, Resistance, Motorstorm, Metro, Crysis, Portal... 

Because budgets hadn't grown so immense back then, it was more viable to take a risk on an entirely new IP.

Nier

fortnite

astro bot

control

days gone

evil within

horizon

ghosts of Tsushima 

bloodborne

sekiro

nioh

watch dogs 

cyber punk

I really see no difference in risk they both kind played it safe. like  the over the shoulder 3rd person shooter, and fps shooter were the hottest market at the time so what risk are we talking about here. lets not forget about VR which really was trying to take gaming to a whole new level of immersion but failed. 

Last edited by zeldaring - on 05 July 2024