I think 2013 was worst imo, but 2014 has been good so far. This year I got Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Fantasy Life, Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright:Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright:Ace Attorney trilogy, Captain Toad, Story of Seasons, Persona Q and a bunch of other 3DS games.

That's fine but I think it has been a problem; it's all my subjective opinion on the 7th gen, read the long post if you want a more filled answer as to where my displeasure comes from.

I just don't appreciate the overall direction the gaming industry took in the 7th gen; focusing on superficial polish, trophies and achievements, screwing single player over multiplayer, DLC up the wazoo and often on day one, paid online, simplified mechanics and removing depth from strategy games and RPG's, almost no progress with AI etc.

I am quite simply not happy about the 7th gen, and especially on consoles. Saying that "the exclusives and certain multiplats were amazing" is your subjective opinion though, and that is your right. Sure, there were some exclusives that were brilliant but most were riddled with the above mentioned issues for me and most multiplats were mainstream borefests that set out to milk franchises to death (Call of Duty, Need for Speed, FIFA, Madden, Assassin's Creed etc.).

Heck; even some of my favorite franchises were butchered in the 7th gen, Gran Turismo and Final Fantasy were both massive letdowns for me.

Bayonetta 2. You need to try it!

There is so much wrong with your post I don't know where to start. Sony didn't start the focus on online, MS did. Sony followed only because they wouldn't have stood a chance against MS in the console gaming sphere if they had not tried to serve the gamers who only play online. They are by far the vast majority of console gamers and Sony needed to cater to them. Increasing internet adoption rate and growing internet speeds only further established these gamers.

Also, I don't know much about Final Fantasy, but you are definitely very wrong about GT.

"Gran Turismo 5 finally showed up and presented me with a really poor physics model, horrible sound design and less customization than the previous installment and removed some of the greatest tracks. Oh, and it started focusing a lot more on online as well, yay!"

So much wrong with this statement alone. You seriously think that GT5 has worse physics than GT4? Sorry to break it to ya, its far, far more realistic than that in GT4. GT6 improves the physics even further, and makes GT4 look like an arcade racer. As for sound design, it was always like that. GT5 is no better or worse than GT4 when it comes to sound design. Online focus has increased, but that is going with the times. Its not as if you can't enjoy GT5 offline, I very much did. The offline features have not been removed, only online ones added.

As for providing more SP focussed games, have you see the sales lately of SP games compared to MP games? In 2014, ISS on PS4 has sold a mere 1.80 million units, despite being an awesome game. Wolfenstein: The New Order isn't as awesome, and hasn't sold as much either, currently below just above a million units sold across 5 platforms. Compare that with Destiny or Titanfall, and you should understand why MP is the focus of developers.

Your 2012 and 2013 lists looks like shit to me.  Everyone has different tastes.  Worst year in gaming history?  What are you 14?  Why don't you try the video game crash year?  You should be forced to play E.T. on the 2600.

not if u own an xbox one

halo: mcc and forza horizon 2

thats what you get if you dont play nintendo games.

Its a good year if you have a WiiU. PS4 not so much.

If you only play Nintendo games its even worse.