The number of times my friends and I get together to play games has increased by 67% over the PS2/Xbox days. Unfortunately we are still down 23% from the Snes and 33% down from the N64 days. I believe this shows a direct correlation between how much fun we have, so I must say that I am anything but disappointed and hope that this trend continues.

See, numbers, it must be true. :D

This is my favourite generation by FAR so yup, i'm very happy :)

I like this post.

You are picking examples that suit your argument. For HD gaming anyways... You are picking the bloated games...kinda like if you were taking holywood blockbuster movies and asking "is this really a good movie?". Well no...but shit blows up.

There is fun stuff out there that would be a kickass experience despite the graphics (halo wars, ninja blade come to mind from recent titles on the 360)

Also, the fact you are saying the "ps2 exerience" makes me laugh as people used to make rants like this about the PS2 when it came out and saying it was ruining the "dreamcast fun experience".

last gen feature? more like devs are too lazy or dont have the resources to put local multi player in games.

as for gaming being bad this gen, i disagree, i had loads of fun games on my Wii, DS and PC this gen.

Why are you citing MadWorld, No More Heroes and Red Steel as cornerstones of Wii gaming? Those games are built specifically for the so-called "hardcore" audience on Wii, but they don't come up to the standards of similar games on HD systems. (And honestly, I think most people think they look boring and stupid.)

The real fun on Wii is Wii Sports, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario Galaxy, WarioWare... And yes, those games are a ton of fun.

And then think of DS+PSP versus GBA. No contest there. And then throw in Rock Band for this gen.

I think this gen basically crushes last gen in terms of fun. In fact, I'd say it kind of reveals how standardized and boring last gen was. I didn't even realize that I had one foot out the door until games like Wii Sports, Mario Galaxy and Rock Band.

i kinda ment it as it was there last gen y not contuine it

i hope its lazyness and that they will get active and start putting it in, they include it in the ps2 versions of HD games

i hope its not that they think online MP only is the new form of multi player

This generation is great. Some of my favorite games ever have been released, and more to look forward to. It always amazes me how people who whine this generation suck have a list of maybe 3-4 games to back up their claims, and a whole lot of generalizations based on those games. Fortunately for me the gaming world is diverse, and I know those games suck anyways. I don't convince myself anything is fun. I just have fun playing the games.

This is the 1st time I felt compelled to own every console, and I'm loving it. Been playing Street Fighter 4 all day!! I'm very happy with the 7th generation.

What he said! xD

*high five*