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This gotta be least memorable generation of all time. Nothing worth noting released on those consoles.

by weezing 3mo ago

musicale 3mo ago
> Nothing worth noting released on those consoles Have you heard of Elden Ring? Or is your complaint about cross-gen, timed exclusives, and PC releases? Or that there aren't enough new franchises beyond established series and remakes? Personally I see all of the above as fine. For example Capcom has Resident Evil Requiem (series), Onimusha (remake), and Pragmata (new).
- weezing 3mo ago
  All PC games. This generation of consoles was just worthless, no meaningful exclusives. The only thing that might save them is GTA VI.
  - musicale 3mo ago
    GTA6 is presumably a timed exclusive, so why ignore other timed console exclusives like... FFXVI, FF7 Remake, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Stellar Blade, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding 2, Spider-Man 2, Rise of the Ronin, etc.? And what about Astro Bot, Demon's Souls, Ghost of Yotei, Gran Turismo 7, Saros, Sons of Sparta, ...? Or anything by Nintendo?
    - pjmlp 3mo ago
      Looks to back catalogue since ZX Spectrum, Amiga and all the other systems, available on PC.
      - musicale 3mo ago
        Pretty much this. Everything is a timed exclusive and eventually available on PC through emulation etc. That being said, it's still nice to be able to easily run something like Demon's Souls, Fable 2/3, or the latest Mario/Zelda/Metroid/Pokémon/Fire Emblem/Animal Crossing/etc. without having to mess with emulation. The games that really seem to have vanished into the sands of time are MMOs with no available private server. Though I still hope to be able to play DC Universe Online, Wildstar, etc. someday.
- pjmlp 3mo ago
  Most of us don't suffer from FOMO for a few AAA titles. There is hardly anything that would make me shell out for a console like I did with the PS2, and that was only because eventually I could get PS2 Linux, with official access to the hardware, minus a few tidbits. PS3 OtherOS killed and without graphics acceleration. XNA and UWP Developer mode, killed. Games themselves, plenty of choice on PC stores.
  - musicale 2mo ago
    Prices have gone up since then, but at the time this article claimed $7/fps for PS5 vs. $17/fps for Steam Machine (which attempts to provide a console-like experience): https://www.steamfps.com/guides/steam-machine-vs-ps5 https://www.steamfps.com/guides/steam-machine-vs-ps5 see also: "$400 more, fewer FPS" https://shattered.io/steam-machine-vs-ps5/ https://shattered.io/steam-machine-vs-ps5/ But this also notes that 5-year TCO may be lower once you account for PS+ subscription fees and Steam sales/discounts.

This gotta be least memorable generation of all time. Nothing worth noting released on those consoles.

by weezing 3mo ago

This gotta be least memorable generation of all time. Nothing worth noting released on those consoles.

> Nothing worth noting released on those consoles Have you heard of Elden Ring? Or is your complaint about cross-gen, timed exclusives, and PC releases? Or that there aren't enough new franchises beyond established series and remakes? Personally I see all of the above as fine. For example Capcom has Resident Evil Requiem (series), Onimusha (remake), and Pragmata (new).

weezing 3mo ago
All PC games. This generation of consoles was just worthless, no meaningful exclusives. The only thing that might save them is GTA VI.
- musicale 3mo ago
  GTA6 is presumably a timed exclusive, so why ignore other timed console exclusives like... FFXVI, FF7 Remake, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Stellar Blade, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding 2, Spider-Man 2, Rise of the Ronin, etc.? And what about Astro Bot, Demon's Souls, Ghost of Yotei, Gran Turismo 7, Saros, Sons of Sparta, ...? Or anything by Nintendo?
  - pjmlp 3mo ago
    Looks to back catalogue since ZX Spectrum, Amiga and all the other systems, available on PC.
    - musicale 3mo ago
      Pretty much this. Everything is a timed exclusive and eventually available on PC through emulation etc. That being said, it's still nice to be able to easily run something like Demon's Souls, Fable 2/3, or the latest Mario/Zelda/Metroid/Pokémon/Fire Emblem/Animal Crossing/etc. without having to mess with emulation. The games that really seem to have vanished into the sands of time are MMOs with no available private server. Though I still hope to be able to play DC Universe Online, Wildstar, etc. someday.
pjmlp 3mo ago
Most of us don't suffer from FOMO for a few AAA titles. There is hardly anything that would make me shell out for a console like I did with the PS2, and that was only because eventually I could get PS2 Linux, with official access to the hardware, minus a few tidbits. PS3 OtherOS killed and without graphics acceleration. XNA and UWP Developer mode, killed. Games themselves, plenty of choice on PC stores.
- musicale 2mo ago
  Prices have gone up since then, but at the time this article claimed $7/fps for PS5 vs. $17/fps for Steam Machine (which attempts to provide a console-like experience): https://www.steamfps.com/guides/steam-machine-vs-ps5 https://www.steamfps.com/guides/steam-machine-vs-ps5 see also: "$400 more, fewer FPS" https://shattered.io/steam-machine-vs-ps5/ https://shattered.io/steam-machine-vs-ps5/ But this also notes that 5-year TCO may be lower once you account for PS+ subscription fees and Steam sales/discounts.