Step 1) Consoles are revealed. --> "OMFG must have this NAO."

Step 2) Hype dies down. --> "Where are the games???"

Step 3) No huge graphical leap --> "Graphics are ass. Diminishing returns!!! Xbox 1.5 lolz."

Step 4) Proper leap shown (MGS2, Gears, U4) --> "No way that's true, they liiiiieee!!!"

Step 5) Proper leap is true --> "AAAAH! My eyes are melting! How?? No more gens needed."

Step 6) Loads of games come out --> "OMFG I really must have this NAO."

Step 7) Graphics improve further--> "That one eye-melting game looks like ass now, what was I thinking, lolz."

Step 8) Sequels, gen getting old--> "These machines are ass, I'm burned out on gaming, next gen will suck, boooo!"

Step 9) New consoles are revealed--> "OMFG must have this NAO."

Rinse and repeat.

Bonus points (all throughout each gen):

-PC gamers --> "Consoles suck. Our collective dicks are bigger"

-Console gamers --> "Last gen was better."

-Everyone --> "Nintendo is doomed."

Any other patterns you notice?

No. Last gen was be- Fuck.

no graphical leap?
every gen same?

look at snes to n64 that was a pretty fucking large leap

He knows the truth, we must eliminate him 😈

Wow.

OT - Yep. It's the same thing every damn time and this generation proves it and will prove it.

True. But this has nothing to do with console. It's more to do with how people repeat everything they do, because we forget most stuff we do/think. History is nothing but an endless repeating of mistakes and choices and everything else humans are doing over and over.

I have a feeling you didn't 100% understand my thread.

probably not its 3 am and i scimmed though.

Only the past two generations have been this way. Also, this doesn't apply to handhelds.

I was talking about gamer's reactions to each gen ;)