Yerm said:
Alright, lets be real for a second. We all know the general gist of the 8th generation by now. Games have been releasing with watered-down content and features since 2013. Most of the games we get nowadays are sequels, rehashed and repainted doubles from the last game in the series. any new IP's we get seem bland and boring with very few exceptions. and the one thing everyone talks about is resolution. You either get 1080p at 30 fps or 720p at 60 fps, and if you have a beefy PC, good for you, but you are still just a minority and dont reflect most of gaming culture.
But looking away from that, in more ways than anyone could imagine, gaming diminishes more every day. It seems like every month now, we get more bad news. Games are being delayed, some completely cancelled, hell even entire companies shut down or at least get divided up. Hacker groups are always trying to shut down servers for online games. The PS Vita was discontinued last year and sony has pulled out of handheld gaming. Gaming has become more expensive with some AAA titles charging over $100 for the full experience. Some major companies that people have trusted for years have even been making shady business moves. Microsoft is seeming to be merging Xbox with PC, Sony tried to trademark the term "lets play", and Nintendo.... alright, nintendo never really does anything wrong, but theres definitely stuff they dont get right. and others have just gone over to mobile platforms to make easy cash.
However, through all the darkness and dispair, there is one upside-- the rise of indie games. Sure, they have been around for who-knows-how-long, but they have really been making a mark in Gen 8. Shovel Knight, FNAF, Minecraft, Undertale, and No Man's Sky, seem to be doing the job of being fun better than anything. Im even thinking about getting Stardew Valley since it looks so much like the old Harvest Moon games before they lost their touch.
And while indie games are fun and im not knocking them, think about it-- small independant dev teams are probably the best thing we have right now while huge AAA companies are heading south. and with the NX and PS4K (now confimed) on the horizon, could gen 8 be considered the worst ever?
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