7th gen or 8th gen

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Tico said:

LegitHyperbole said:

8th gen, there has never been such a golden age of gaming.

For me it is clear that the golden age of games was play1/nintendo64/saturn. And the facts I refer:

Goldeneye (1997):
10 employees
2.5 million
2.5 years
Result: 8 million copies sold

The last of us II (2020):
+200 employees
+200 million
6 years
Updates and patches that increase the cost
Result: 10 million copies sold.

Making games has a cost. And if it doesn't generate enough profits then the companies lose but we also lose: microtransactions, they launch the incomplete game so they can then sell us a DLC, they refuse to create new IPs, etc.

The only one that does it well is Nintendo.

I agree until a certain extent. But also not; just because they were cheap to produce and sold well doesnt mean that they were good games.

All that logic works until you compare graphics, physics etc. Ok, that may have been golden video game era for the companies, but not precisely for gamers. I prefer games with better graphics, that of course, include fun gameplay and good mechanics. So the the example you mention yes, it had everything except good graphics which, for technical limitations of their time, cant get any close to 8th gen games...