I'm pretty sure the Gamespot guy already knew this but because PC gaming is dying again and has less exclusives and attention that there was no obvious need to mention them.

What do you earn by bashing gaming anyway?, you throw all your stones and you hit nothing because you're hitting no targets, not ones that would pay attention to you anyway.

PC is where it's at.Pillars of Eternity out next week!

I would say those are both part off the same problem.  People buy things based solely on hype and brand loyalty. 

Why do PC games have to be exclusive when the PC version of multiplatform games (almost every third party game finds its way to PC sooner or later) is the best version in most cases?

Oh, and I'm having much fun with Dreamfall Chapters, République Remastered, The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, Deponia: The Complete Journey, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and The Talos Principle these last weeks. Wasteland 2, Cities: Skylines, Civilization: Beyond Earth, Elite: Dangerous, Shadowrun: Dragonfall D.C. and Divinity:Original Sin also doesn't seem to be so bad (haven't played them yet) and I love the shown progress in Star Citizen.

In a few weeks I can finally play Armikrog and Pillars of Eternity, in a few months Asylum, Silence: The Whispered World 2 & The Devil's Men.

So how long would I have to wait for these games to be released on consoles?

When you take out crossgen titles, the list gets a lot smaller.  And I'd argue that not all of those games are "great".  Personally, I only think the bolded ones meet that standard.

The reason crossgen titles don't count is because in general, there is absolutely no difference in crossgen titles besides resolution and some special effects, which many people don't find worth 400 dollars.

Before, new consoles meant new experiences you simply couldn't have on older systems.  You couldn't play Wii Sports without the Wii's controls.  Dead Rising simply produced too many characters for the XBox to hold (see the Wii version).  FZero wouldn't be playble on the NES, except in a severely compromised form.  Final Fantasy 7 was too large for disc based systems.  Sonic the Hedgehog would have been terrible on the Master System (and it was).  Shenmue was far too large for the Saturn to handle.

New consoles should mean new experiences.  The whole point is to play something you couldn't have on an older system.  Going from the PS1 to PS2 was like going from a Nokia flip phone to a Droid.  Going from the PS3 to the PS4 is like going from an iPhone 5 to an iPhone 5s.

They're out there Gamespot.. You just keep giving them 4/10 for some reason :p

The problem is that if those games are running on both systems, that means one of two things.

a) Developers are holding back to make their games playable on older hardware and are not making the most of their resources. 

or

b) The hardware isn't advanced enough to offer truly unique experiences.

As has been said already, on the Wii U. For some that say tha they haven't found anything interesting on it, expand your horizons and be willing to try new things. There a quite a few games that have been trying something new with it, but many are still being ignored. It can be hard to not allow the annual franchises to become mundane. If none of this is appealing, then maybe a break from gaming for a while till the spark comes back.

Or

c) The previous gen versions are downgraded to make it work on those older systems.

I mean seriously - what might have been held back in those games?

1. I'm confused. Your premise as to whether new gen games can be labelled as great seems to be whether they can run on last gen hardware only with lower resolution, less fps and poorer graphics. So out of the 53 released games that I listed you only think Bayonetta 2, Super Mario 3D World, Super Smash Bros. U and The Wonderful 101 qualify as great games. Please tell me you realise how subjective that claim is. Why exactly these 4 games? Why don't you think these 4 games can run on last gen hardware in some form?

2. Why do people even buy a new console if they don't think it's worth its price yet. Excuse me but I think that's really stupid. And why do they feel the need to complain all the time instead of just wait buying until there are more unique games available and let other people enjoy gaming. I never understood some people's need to shove their own opinion down other people's throat.

3. I don't see why a gimmick like the Wii mote should decide whether a new gen game can be great or not. I simply don't agree. If people enjoy e.g. Shadow of Mordor on their PS4 I don't think you can dictate that it isn't a great game experience just because it runs on last gen consoles as well and doesn't need a new controller gimmick. Besides the DS4 really adds to the experience in many games in a way that DS3 can't.

4. I've already had moments where I really felt the unique experiences new gen consoles can offer and I can reassure you more of these new experiences unique to new gen consoles will come down the road. Resistance: Fall of Man wasn't that giant leap over the PS2 compared with later PS3 and Xbox 360 games. If you ever expected going from PS3 to PS4 would be as big as going from PS1 to PS2 I think you were quite naive. Consoles sell because of their low price and great accessibility. You can't expect a PS1 to PS2 like evolution from a $399 console. Maybe consoles just aren't your thing..