For me (1992 kid) gen 7 was the tip of the iceberg. So many great games...HD graphics, online, achievements, DLC (that felt like extra unmissable content rather than parts of a game locked behind a pay wall) discs containing data, ability to play offline. And games that were developed to have a story mode, possibly co-op and a multiplayer mode too...no day one updates before you can play the game or every month...insert disc and play. I think it will truly be the last collectable generation. I can foresee a gaming crash...due to pricing, subscription services and lack of innovation and enthusiasm to create a great game. I think so much could be learnt from generation 7. But corporate greed is consuming the industry and ruining it
Idk bro, I was born in 92’ too. But now in 2024 we got PS5 with great graphics fast ssd with barely any load times. Nintendo has the Switch which is a Wii on crack. And best of all most DLC has been free tgis generation. COD use to have 4 dlc packs at 15$ a price in the 360 days now the just release free dlc🤷🏾 and online is literally at its apex rn.
To me, generations 6 and 7 were the golden era of video games with Gen 7 being my favorite by a slight margin. It just seemed like a never ending marathon back then of one great game after another.
Gen 7 felt like the true peak of hardware that was a long time coming growing up in the 80s and 90s. Playing a PS3 in 2007 on an HDMI Trinitron, Dolby digital surround sound, free internet and downloads on the store, wireless controllers, hard drive standard. It was magical. The games took advantage of the hardware and for the first time they didn’t seem to be held back by hardware limitation. Games looked fantastic, textures weren’t blurry it was high def and they ran smooth with little to no slowdown. Now in gen 9 little has changed for the better.
@@soad11dude because most of them were 720 and 1080p and many of the games were 60 fps and the optimization they used then was better but there was less to optimize because of the technical limitations but it still didn't limit the games but everyone has to remember each generation was a huge step up in technology until the last gen and online was new and free
@@CobraShuttle so true. I almost didn’t even get Gen 8 but decided to get an Xbox One S in 2017 after the announcement for backwards compatibility with some OG Xbox games also being improved.
As an 1980 baby and at rip age of 44, i grew up with Atari, Nes, Arcade, snes & megadrive and so on. Gen 7 lads in my opinion is the peak of the mountain the best most enjoyable experience in gaming, HANDS DOWN. Nowadays you have game subscriptions, constant updates and when you buy an overpriced game its only half a game you have to spend more money to complete it, Pure sh1t. No boys Gen 7 was the peak of the mountain, cheers.
39 here and for me the ps2 era (6th gen?) was about the golden era for me but the 7th gen was when I played a bunch online and was 360 head. I eventually had all systems and I worked at a game store called game x change. So it was peak gaming imo.
To me gen 7 is the last real retro generation and the first introduction into the modern generation. It is the best of both and that is why it is so special to me.
7th gen was the last time budgets weren't wildly out of control, so there was still a certain level of risk/experimentation and the cadence of releases were better.
yeah gaming as an industry become hyper optimized after 7th gen. It's honestly so sad that new, fun, creative releases are so few and far between nowadays.
Yeah in general it’s soo funny me and some friends were talking about this just yesterday. This could be the best generation of consoles that hit the market. The jump to ps2 and Xbox was awesome also. But when this generation came out with online play it helped keep our gaming friends together when we moved on to seperate parts of our lives also. Was also the last generation when you didn’t have to wait months for a game patch to fix a broken 70.00 release
As someone who never got into online gaming, I still love my PS3 and still have a good size collection of physical games I bought years ago for cheap. Never need online to play any of my games. Never had a 360 and haven't played a Wii since my kid was little a decade ago, but plenty of appreciation for this gen.
I absolutely agree that this was the last great console generation Heck, this was the last generation where the console didn't feel like a budget PC (Wii U and Switch notwithstanding)
Games from 2006 to 2010 were amazing. Xmas 2008 fable 2, Dead space and fallout 3. Oblivion, modern warfare, mass effect, the orange box. The quality was insane and you had the wii with nintendo doing thier own thing.
Amen brother, this was definitely the last great generation in gaming. I just bought over 50 Xbox Live Arcades games before the 360 shuts down and the majority are Indie games which are better than current day Indie games.
LOL!!! Dude those damn controller updates always happen for me at the worse time too. Like when I have to be somewhere in 45min and want to do a quick run on something. Infuriating!
Thanks for the great Video Chaps! I'm an old 43-year-old Dude that's been playing since the Nes. I remember getting an Xbox 360 just to play Black Ops and Halo with my friends during that era. i have some strange nostalgia for the 7th generation that reminds me of the Nes which is very strange. I did not anticipate being so nostalgic and really sad about the 360-game store closure. I think Microsoft is going to do a 360 on their decision to close the store, similar to Sony and the PS3. I recently purchased a Series X just for the backwards compatibility. I know Microsoft doesn't think it's a thing right now, but the ability to play these games at 4k by putting the disc in the console is bad ass! I have a killer gaming PC and I don't need a modern console. But damn that nostalgia is powerful. There's just something about being able to put my OG Xbox discs and 360 discs straight into a console without the need to Conjigger an Emulation Setup.
Gen 7 was a fantastic moment in time. That and the 16-bit era were amazing to be a part of, and unfortunately, will never be replicated. For Gen 7, they had a crazy year (2007) with Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank Future, Rock Band, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed, Orange Box... like holy crap, what a crazy year!
I guess fairly unpopular, but the Wii was all I needed. It's still hooked up to this day. With all the Virtual Console games from all the consoles I had growing up (minus the PS1 obviously), full gamecube backward compatibility, and being able to play all the disc based Wii games as well as the Wiiware games. I really enjoyed it and the motion controls (even if they didnt always hit a home run, I like the ones that at least tried to do something different). It was, for me, the last time I really "loved" gaming and had fun with it if that makes any sense.
Indeed...those that mocked the wii library at the time and those that still do, have zero idea of what the wii is about...its actually for hardcore gaming...peeps dont know the konami rebirth series is a thing etc.
Truly the last time the gaming industry as a whole made an attempt to be innovative and really push the boundaries. I was born in 91 so I may be slightly biased over some of the older gens, but holy shit gen 7 was the glory days. I remember being blown away by new releases and now it feels like more of the same. I’m never pressed to buy a game day one anymore, even if it’s not completely broken at launch (fantasy logic, cause it will be broken) it’s still just derivative of another game I’ve played countless times before. How many times can the gaming industry tweak and reskin the assassins creed format before people get sick of it?! This turned into an old man yelling at the sky rant lol
Great video. 7th gen is still my favorite generation ever. Im glad I started collecting for it early on. Outside of a few games Id say my 7th gen library is complete.
Gen 7 was awesome. It was the last generation you needed all three consoles, games would be complete on disc and both the DS and PSP complimented the home consoles perfectly. Great video as always 👍
I 100% agree that Gen 6 to Gen 7 wasn’t a MAJOR leap like we saw before. However, Gen 7 was the swan song to everything we had before it before the great enshitification started in Gen 8 onward.
Also, all 3 consoles on 7th generation had a degree of physical game backwards compatibility(PS3-PS1 or PS1/PS2 ,Wii-GC, and Xbox 360- most OG Xbox) which is super cool and unique to that console generation.
PS3 and 360 were my college years great memories. Still play both. Racing games I also Blur and Split Second. Also last gen devs like pumped out games like 3-4 per studio in 1 gen. Now it’s one and some ports.
I grew up in gen 8 but I am infatuated with gen 7 at the moment. It was the first gen where certain game genres and design philosophies were set in stone and still haven't left. Been playing ff13 on 360 and if I didn't know any better I'd say it's a ps4 game with how great it looks. I think there's something to be said with the switch being as popular as it is when it has gen 7 specs... seems to me like that was as much graphical fidelity as we ever needed to support the innovation along side it. Now graphical upgrades just seem to be for the sake of itself and not as a more accessible platform for new games and ideas to be created.
I'm honestly so glad I have my Wii still that I preordered back in the day. It runs great and looks pretty good with the wii2hdmi. We have the Series S and a PS5, but I feel like down the road those won't be worth keeping because a lot of it revolves around online. I loved gen 6 because I prefer a normal controller vs having to use the wiimote, but I got rid of the gamecube because my wii plays gamecube games. I also appreciate the fact that any game that uses the wii classic controller seems to be compatible with the gamecube controller.
the last generation of experimentation. Capcom alone released so many different one off titles compared to now where its just RE, MH, SF. Plus its the last true physical first generation. Im still finding games that released during this generation that I didn't know about and I worked at gamestop at the time
Ghost n' Goblins Resurrection was released a few years back. Their experiment to prevent players using rote memorization for speed running it. That appears to have been successful.
I was born in 1985. My console growing up was the final years of the NES up until the middle of the GameCube and everyone of those consoles feels like a retro console. But the 7th generation reminds me of my early 20s. One of my favorite memories of the 7th generation was the first time walking out into the promenade at the Willamette Mall and hearing Gone Guru blasting through the TV. Now I have a vacation coming up in almost 2 months to the day. And I'm going to spend it playing Wet on the PS3 in an attempt to recapture my early 20s.
I am a 87 baby, so I grew up starting with GEN 3. GEN 7 has my heart, and Halo 3 was absolutely some of the best online gaming if you ask my opinion (simply because of lan party’s!! We use to have a club in Charlotte where 40 people showed up to party at my friends house for the whole weekend!). The COD series was also incredible during GEN 7, but one of my favorite 3rd person online shooters other than Gears of War is Metal Gear Online with MGS4 (absolutely addictive). KillZone 2 was also pretty impressive as well with BattleField 3. The last of Us multiplayer was pretty good too. I wish we could get back to that online gaming spirit from that era, but unfortunately it’s nowhere even close to what it used to be. We hit a flat line in this era fueled by micro transactions and algorithms. Cheers fellas!
If we do hit a crash in the market with gaming..better hope you have physical copies because the digital library is going to screw millions (possibly a billion) people out of there purchases. The sneaker market has gone down hill tremendously which finally hit resellers pretty hard in their lucrative schemes lol so now people are buying shoes they really wanted for cheap steals.
Old guy here, still in my 40s but barely and I just picked up a PS3 and about 8 games yesterday. I have to say the joy of playing a game without all the distractions for online services, downloads and all that, coupled with very good graphics, instruction manuals with the games and the just "fun" factor that, for me, is pretty much gone in gen 8 and on for the most part, has been wonderful. I am excited to go back and play old favorites and find hidden gems or other titles I missed the first time around.
Gen 7 hit at the perfect time for me. I was in college from 2006-10 and, being in college, I had a lot of free time and a ton of friends around. So many good memories of multiplayer Halo 3. I probably put well over 1000 hours in with friends. Also Guitar Hero and Rockband with a ton of friends during the college years was fantastic.
LOVE my 360 Elite. Still rocking it today. Garage sales are such a great place to find deals on this gen. Couple months ago at my subdivisions garage sale found a guy selling his entire collection of 360 CoD games. Talked to him for a few and asked why he was selling. He was moving and needed to free up space so was selling his 360 stuff and was hoping to find someone else to enjoy them as much as he did. We chatted about when we got into xbox and just generally how our lives as gamers unfolded. I explained i was looking for CoD games since i missed them during my youth and was looking to play through the campaigns from the beginning. Sold me all of his CoD games, COB for a $1 each.
7th gen is what I played through middle and high school, so it's what I spent the most amount of time doing with friends. The nostalgia for it is crazy; even now my brother and I do a lot of couch co-op with the 7th gen. Also, even with prices rising its still pretty affordable. I recently picked up a lot on eBay of like 35 Xbox 360 games (all CIB) for about $90 shipped.
I was born in 2004 and this generation was definitely my childhood playing on the Wii Xbox 360 and ps3 with my friends and family and every kid either having a psp or ds/3ds golden era for sure
Great video boys! I've been gaming since the Atari days and although I love the PS2 and NES era's, please allow me to say something possibly controversial that may get me in trouble with my friends who are my age (late 40's) but I think the 7th Gen is the best I've ever played. The games, the system, the jump to HD the time in my life where I finally had expendable funds and the nostalgia of it all. To this day, my favorite FPS of all time is still Battlefield Bad Co 2 and no one can make me feel differently, I will die on that hill ha ha! Appreciate the content as always!!! Cheers!
I don't think it's controversial at all! Everyone has different tastes and there is no arguing the quality of Gen 7. It was a great time to be a gamer. Cheers!
1983 kid, I grew up with Nintendo and Sega Genesis. 7th Generation for me is one of the greatest generations of all time. Tomb Raider, BioShock, Gears of War 2, Assassin's Creed 3, Left for Dead 2 make me go back and play my 360 even though I can play them on my Xbox One. I still prefer original hardware better
I have 154 PS3 games, a modded wii and 23 XBOX 360 exclusive games absolutely love gen 7. Last Great gaming generation for exclusives and just gaming in general IMO. 🎮👌
I agree with you guys. I was born in 1995, I grew up with the Senses Junior and Gameboy Colour but i really got into the PS2, PS3, 360 and Wii. I like how you got updates for certain games but largely, the games were complete and playable off the disc, didnt need a large install. I also liked the variety of games, ranging from Star Wars The Force Unleashed to Black Ops to Uncharted, etc. I've been trying to collect PS3 games for my Super Slim, and a handful of 360 games for the Series X. Most games i find are betweeb $10-$20 (Canadian). Recently played Killzon 2 and 3 for the first time
It is interesting all 3 consoles sold well so many games can be considered sought after, but only a small amount could be considered rare. While the previous two generations had PS1 and PS2 dominant and the Saturn, Dreamcast and Gamecube selling in far smaller numbers (and meant the games for them more difficult to get). I would also suggest it was the last generation where gaming was the priority - yes you had DVD and Blu-Ray, but the games were selling the console. The PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Series seem to be focused on everything such as internet, streaming and gaming is there but as part of a whole package. Which leaves the Switch which prioritises games and is doing well...
Gaming was great for Gen 7, but I think one thing that brought in the masses was the birth of the streaming services (namely Netflix) for consoles before they had Rokus or fire sticks or smart tvs. I remember controlling Netflix with my voice with Xbox 360 Kinect, and feeling like I was brought into the future! It was cool to play a great game and then jump to Netflix right after. Another cool feature of the xbox 360 is that you could plug in your iPod or even your PSP and stream your music into your games!
For me the 7th Generation never really ended... Most of my Xbox One library is backwards compatible 360 games that I have on disk or remasters of 360 games. I only have a handful of games that are actually native to the console. I have a lot more Gen 8 games for the PS4, but even then there's a chunk of my library that are just remastered or ported Gen 7 titles. Looking back, it really feels like that was the peak, where the combination of graphics, controls, gameplay, multiplayer, new IPs and just the sheer variety and quality of games all just came together at once.
the dawn of 7th gen was when i finished college and got my first corporate tech job. i finally felt financially comfortable enough to go fully into pc gaming. at the same time, i remembered that console generation being one marred by sub 30fps performance. i was awestruck when i first played gow on the 360, but when it got ported over to pc, i thought 'this is how gears was meant to perform.'
Another factor was how many games had local coop. My brother and I would be over at a friend's house constantly playing Halo 3, COD 5 nazi zombies, guitar hero 3, and gears of war.
I have been collecting for the PS3 for years as I have a tonne of nostalgia as I used to work in Game in the U.K. (it was like GameStop) I did midnight launches and tonnes of game launches. So that generation has a special place for me. I personally think the 7th gen was the last gen where companies took massive risks. There were obviously a bunch AAA but there were so many games that went under the radar. Also because so many games were coming out every week and so many got overlooked. This is why I love this generation immensely.
Great video! I loved the Xbox 360, still enjoy a lot of the games today. And it really was the last great generation in my opinion. When you were talking about the 20 yr old enjoying the 360 it reminded me of my nephew, he's 22 now and his first console that he got when he was 4 was the ps2 so he has a lot of nostalgia for that console, that and the ps3 when he was 10 and those are his favorite consoles now. So its possible that guy could have a lot of nostalgia for the 360. But great video as always! Really enjoy hearing your thoughts on these topics and hearing about your experiences and memories with video games
Another great video. It feels like back in the 360 era i was more excited for new games and looking forward to the next console than now when i'm in my middle 20s.
Love the discourse, guys. This discussion reminded me of the song "It's All Been Done" by Barenaked Ladies. And "refining, more horsepower, more graphics" hit the nail on the head. We've seen it all at this point in gaming. On top of that, in terms of AAA, publishers have become more risk averse, leading to certain genres and subgenres falling by the wayside (i.e arcade sports as you guys mentioned).
Gaming since the NES era and totally agree with your arguments of the steps between generations. The least step is imo gen 8 and 9. Feels a little bit like the smartphone evolution. The steps between the first 8-9 iPhones were enormous. Now it’s not that much of a difference. But the step from PS2 to X360: blew my mind. Definitely my fav generation (together with the 16 bit era).
I’m 37 and the xbox360 is my first adult game console. I graduated high school in 2005. Got my system shortly after that. So I have a different kind of nostalgia attached to the 360. My son was born in 2006 so 360 and wii is his system he grew up on.
I grew up in the 80s and for me Gen 7 was awesome because I could kick back and game with friends online after work (and I still play with these people to this day). It was the last gen of non-broken games, affordable gaming, and like you said, games play and look like modern games. I love every console from the NES to modern, but Gen 7 was the best!!!
Gamers seem to put off collecting the games when it's too damn late, then they gripe about what it cost. The day Microsoft announed it was halting production of the Xbox 360 consoles, I went out that evening & bought two brand new Xbox 360 E consoles, both with 500GB hard drives, for only $250 each. Then over the next year or so I actively searched for the 300 plus Xbox 360 games I cherish today. Games were often $5 to $15 each complete & clean all day long then.
There are still a few worth collecting from the later generations, mainly the ones delisted from digital stores, but in general they will not be worth much collection wise compared to all the previous generations
I think the switch is absolutely worth it. But its a mixed bag. Its important to check if the full game is on cart, if it is functional without updates, and in case of ultimate editions if the DLC is included on cart(unlike pokemon). Its the same with 7th gen games, but much more common on the switch.
@@D3sdinova switch games will be cheaper than the Wii got in the years after the console generation ended. But in its case, there were hundreds of games produced as limited / collectible titles and what will happen is only a fraction of them will become standout valuable collectible titles. Will be mostly first party games. So many collectors have invested thousands of dollars into switch games that they think will be valuable in the future and they are going to be severely disappointed. Lots of speculators hoarding copies of games and give it a couple years of no price increase and you'll have hundreds of them give up and release their stock on eBay.
@@warehousedave7937 i think pokemon scarlet + the hidden treasure of area zero has amazing potential. Pokemon always does well, but i think that one more than anything before. Edit: but only used. Sealed copies wont be worth that much i think. You definitely make good points, and i also expect the next system to still play switch games, and we may see some reprints.
Now, let's get a follow-up video on how to keep these older generation consoles working. They're not getting any cheaper. How often do y'all clean your consoles? Might make a good video.
Good idea. I personally have had great luck over the years. I don't have many secrets except (dusting (Swifter), keeping power strips off always when not in use and covering consoles when not in heavy use. The last one I need to get better at but it really helps. Other than that I think it's just dumb luck.
I was born in 93 and totally agree the graphical jump from Gen 5 to Gen 6 was insane. Then the jump from gen 6 to 7 was also insane. The sweat on the player's visible on the sports genre games. The boom of online gaming exploding in schools Halo 3 Reach, The OG CODs, GTA IV graphical jump from San Andreas this gen dare I say had balls too games like world at war, Blitz The Leauge Two. It made gaming a "cool" "in" thing to do talk about at school it was no longer labled at you being a nerd playing video games. The lobbies in all games on gen 7 these kids wouldnt ever survive 😅😂😂
I now have almost a full 360 collection (every game that isn't shovelware or trash) and I am set. Also 7th Gen is hard to emulate while all previous consoles are easy. I have moved on to PS4 games but I am sure my collection for that will be far smaller.
Killzone 2 & 3 and the Resistance franchise were great fps for the ps3. I still love to play exclusives for that system, Infamous 1 & 2, The Last of Us, Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction, Demon's Souls, Journey and basically all the Uncharted series are all great games.
Zombie games were also really crazy popular and dead rising 1/2 are so great . Stuck in a mall and killing zombies with anything and everything. Can't believe it's being remade
I think another kind of nostalgia will also come into play for this generation. I'm currently re-playing Lego Indiana Jones, which was the first game my now 19 year old son and I completed 100% together back on the 360. So my nostalgia is not of my youth but his. His first consoles were Wii and 360 so I have loads of memories playing alongside him in that generation.
I think you guys hit the nail on the frickin head with this topic, I've had several gen 8 and 9 consoles but I repeatedly found myself growing bored of the consoles due to the lack of variety compared to previous gens. Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic titles, but the variety seems a lot more sparse now. I believe it comes down to how expensive it is to develop and publish games now. There isn't as much room to experiment because if a game doesn't sell well, game studios are closed and jobs are lost. Just my two cents, great video as always gentlemen!
Totally agree with the Gen7 game consoles really being the last to have developers allowed to have innovative ideas and stories for their games like Bayonetta and Lollipop Chainsaw to name a few. Also with a few minor sized updates from time to time the game was entirely on the disc without the need to download and install half or more of it like you had to later on with the later consoles. I also feel that's why retro style games and popularity for the previous gen consoles is on the rise as many gamers are becoming fickle and disillusioned with how the gaming industry is becoming and the big publishers an general from Ubisoft to EA.
Yep, the 6th Generation is still the greatest, but my heart has softened for the 7th Generation, a little. For the longest time, I despised the 7th Generation because it started everything I hate about modern gaming, Online, Shooters, Microtransactions. I still hate motion controls though. I won't budge on that. I will also never forgive Capcom for RE6 either. Old man gripes...
The reason why I think gen 7 was so great was that more companies were focused on interesting games to make money. Not just making business models with a game on the side. The priorities are completely backwards.
Did some speculating yesterday and "overpaid" at GameStop for PS3 versions of Silent Hill HD Collection and Homecoming ($50). I am hoping that the release of a 'new" Silent Hill game at some point makes me look like a genius from grabbing these minty Gen 7 "Gems". Your video today reinforces my positivity about Gen 7. I was very PlayStation centric in the early 2000s but have since finally dipped my toes in the Xbox world. I am looking forward to Wolverine PS5, but still love X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Although I own a PS5 and a Switch, my heart truly swells for PS3 and PS2, Been really Vita and PSP focused too. Cheers from Bmore!
Not overpaid by much. They are both worth about 20 each, and if it's something you enjoy then who cares. Personally I liked downpour better than homecoming and would rather get the original versions of 2 and 3. I have the ps2 copy of 2 but still need to get 3, but that is worth well over 100
Gen 7 definitely had a huge grasp onmy younger adult life. I think I played less games in general, but spent more time on Call of Duty Modern Warfare than just about any game before. The forst console with "HD" graphics was also absolutely mind blowing
Awesome video guys. So many valid points being made to the discussion of why the Gen 7 consoles may be one of the greatest gens, or least as you said the LAST great generation in Video Games. Cheers boys, keep up all the incredible work and see you for the next one. Wes made a comment though about controllers being over $100, and it sad but true, in Canada a Brand New AA Playstation 5 game (Let's Use something like God of War Ragnarok) is $89.99 + tax, where as a new controller (if not on sale is $94.99 + tax, absolutely insane. #Roadto50k
Like a lot of people I think we are going to see steep decrease in game develop budgets as people are seeking out indie and retro games for $2 to $40 that are complete. Most people are not willing to spend $60 to $150 for games that need a year of patches along with season and battle passes to get the full experience and story of the game itself, especially in the current economic climate.
Im an 90,s kid and to me the 6th gen was peak gaming 🎮 The original xbox was my first console i got whit my own Money I got halo combat evolved project Gotham racing and dead or Alive 3 Great times👌🏻🍻🎮
Gen 7 truly is amazing for gaming, First i got a ps3 whit many great games like killzone 2 and 3 the Uncharted games the gran Turismo games, tombraider battlefield many call of duty games the last of us A few years later i got an xbox 360 slim, amazing games, the halo games forza, gear of war, fable 🎮🍻
It is crazy where gaming currently is at. I feel that If you grew up thru the 90's, It really did feel like the future of gaming was going to be awesome. Gaming wasn't just hyper focused on graphics. It was focused on satisfying physics effects, rag doll effects, creative art styles, having a range of gameplay modes, creative and fun gameplay mechanics, satisfying damage effects, in depth environmental interaction, engaging CPU AI to play against in single player modes, CPU bots in offline modes. Current video games focus on graphical nitpicking. It seems they forgot how much players enjoyed physics effects & other aspects that make games fun. Quirky graphics can work, if a creative art style is used. Add a selection of interesting gameplay modes, the list goes on.. I seriously don't know why gaming had to fall into this rut that we are in..? Also: {We have seen that even if companies delay games, it isn't improving the quality of games being released. Which is a sign there is a MUCH DEEPER issue going on with modern games. No excuses, devs used to make great games with much less and they would have given anything to have certain capabilities to utilize that are available today. It just takes actual passion, focus & talent to make great games. Sidenote: It's so crazy how many people are still supporting super mega rich companies putting out unacceptable products.. i don't understand certain people. I don't understand how certain companies can be messing up so badly. It's frustrating that other passionate people are not allowed to make a version of a type of game that we used to have but no longer get anymore.. Yet these huge companies get full control over if an unused game IP gets made & they do everything they can so no other versions of a game idea will ever come out. Even if there's a huge fan base around certain ideas and there's a ton of passionate devs out there dying to make a version of a certain video game idea.. that frustrates me beyond belief}
For me (1992 kid) gen 7 was the tip of the iceberg. So many great games...HD graphics, online, achievements, DLC (that felt like extra unmissable content rather than parts of a game locked behind a pay wall) discs containing data, ability to play offline. And games that were developed to have a story mode, possibly co-op and a multiplayer mode too...no day one updates before you can play the game or every month...insert disc and play. I think it will truly be the last collectable generation. I can foresee a gaming crash...due to pricing, subscription services and lack of innovation and enthusiasm to create a great game. I think so much could be learnt from generation 7. But corporate greed is consuming the industry and ruining it
Idk bro, I was born in 92’ too. But now in 2024 we got PS5 with great graphics fast ssd with barely any load times. Nintendo has the Switch which is a Wii on crack. And best of all most DLC has been free tgis generation. COD use to have 4 dlc packs at 15$ a price in the 360 days now the just release free dlc🤷🏾 and online is literally at its apex rn.
Hell no! I love that era of gaming also but those games have nothing on the games we got since then
To me, generations 6 and 7 were the golden era of video games with Gen 7 being my favorite by a slight margin. It just seemed like a never ending marathon back then of one great game after another.
Gen 7 felt like the true peak of hardware that was a long time coming growing up in the 80s and 90s. Playing a PS3 in 2007 on an HDMI Trinitron, Dolby digital surround sound, free internet and downloads on the store, wireless controllers, hard drive standard. It was magical. The games took advantage of the hardware and for the first time they didn’t seem to be held back by hardware limitation. Games looked fantastic, textures weren’t blurry it was high def and they ran smooth with little to no slowdown. Now in gen 9 little has changed for the better.
I agree. However "true peak of hardware" - *laughs in red ring*
But you're talking more about the PS3... so yes sir. Carry on.
@@soad11dude because most of them were 720 and 1080p and many of the games were 60 fps and the optimization they used then was better but there was less to optimize because of the technical limitations but it still didn't limit the games but everyone has to remember each generation was a huge step up in technology until the last gen and online was new and free
@@CobraShuttle so true. I almost didn’t even get Gen 8 but decided to get an Xbox One S in 2017 after the announcement for backwards compatibility with some OG Xbox games also being improved.
@@soad11dude fortunately I got my Xbox 360 post red ring in 2008. That version had HDMI and still works today.
@@IMDLEGENDI still play mine more than my ps4 or Xbox one, play the switch a lot but didn't even get any gen9 console and probably won't.
As an 1980 baby and at rip age of 44, i grew up with Atari, Nes, Arcade, snes & megadrive and so on. Gen 7 lads in my opinion is the peak of the mountain the best most enjoyable experience in gaming, HANDS DOWN. Nowadays you have game subscriptions, constant updates and when you buy an overpriced game its only half a game you have to spend more money to complete it, Pure sh1t. No boys Gen 7 was the peak of the mountain, cheers.
85 born here. Absolutely agree
born in 76 and agree completely.
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39 here and for me the ps2 era (6th gen?) was about the golden era for me but the 7th gen was when I played a bunch online and was 360 head. I eventually had all systems and I worked at a game store called game x change. So it was peak gaming imo.
To me gen 7 is the last real retro generation and the first introduction into the modern generation. It is the best of both and that is why it is so special to me.
7th gen was the last time budgets weren't wildly out of control, so there was still a certain level of risk/experimentation and the cadence of releases were better.
Spot on! Development cost and developers "knowing" what sells has got us into a cookie cutter environment
yeah gaming as an industry become hyper optimized after 7th gen. It's honestly so sad that new, fun, creative releases are so few and far between nowadays.
When younger people discover 7th gen. They are usually blown away.
Yesir!
Yeah in general it’s soo funny me and some friends were talking about this just yesterday. This could be the best generation of consoles that hit the market. The jump to ps2 and Xbox was awesome also. But when this generation came out with online play it helped keep our gaming friends together when we moved on to seperate parts of our lives also. Was also the last generation when you didn’t have to wait months for a game patch to fix a broken 70.00 release
@@Frank-x1g lies I try to show my gen z cousins they just laugh at the archaic graphics and bad control mechanics🤦🏾♂️
@@tgreg9542 Abomination kid.
As someone who never got into online gaming, I still love my PS3 and still have a good size collection of physical games I bought years ago for cheap. Never need online to play any of my games. Never had a 360 and haven't played a Wii since my kid was little a decade ago, but plenty of appreciation for this gen.
You missed an awesome experience between Halo and COD Black Ops online multiplayer.
I absolutely agree that this was the last great console generation
Heck, this was the last generation where the console didn't feel like a budget PC (Wii U and Switch notwithstanding)
Games from 2006 to 2010 were amazing. Xmas 2008 fable 2, Dead space and fallout 3. Oblivion, modern warfare, mass effect, the orange box. The quality was insane and you had the wii with nintendo doing thier own thing.
The 360 store has been bare bones for a while now, just a shell of what it used to be anyway.
Theres less than 500 games on offer right now.
I bought 55 games this week. Most 2 dollars and under.
Spent 140 dollars for 55 games.
Amen brother, this was definitely the last great generation in gaming. I just bought over 50 Xbox Live Arcades games before the 360 shuts down and the majority are Indie games which are better than current day Indie games.
Cheers!
top recommendations to buy from 360 shop?
I miss this era
Us too!
I play this generation more than any other..great episode guys ..cheers
It's probably pretty close for us. I'd say 8bit and Gen 6 probably take the top spot but Gen 7 gets a lot of love as well
The wii is numero 1 lately...twilight princess zelda ...exceptional game..
Perfect summation - even the controller needs an update now!
One of the healthiest dialogue on this subject boys. bravo
LOL!!! Dude those damn controller updates always happen for me at the worse time too. Like when I have to be somewhere in 45min and want to do a quick run on something. Infuriating!
So many good racing games from that Era. Split / Second and Blur deserve more love.
Both are great! LAN party Blur is so damn fun. Burnout Revenge is the best in the series as well in my opinion (3 is damn close.)
It was the last Gen that blew my socks off on the graphics upgrade. Then halfway through my mind was blown again when I bought an HDTV
Xbox 360 between 2005-2010 was PEAK gaming. Never ever will we see such a consistent flow of high quality games.
It was peak online gaming. It'll never be that way again
Thanks for the great Video Chaps! I'm an old 43-year-old Dude that's been playing since the Nes. I remember getting an Xbox 360 just to play Black Ops and Halo with my friends during that era. i have some strange nostalgia for the 7th generation that reminds me of the Nes which is very strange. I did not anticipate being so nostalgic and really sad about the 360-game store closure. I think Microsoft is going to do a 360 on their decision to close the store, similar to Sony and the PS3. I recently purchased a Series X just for the backwards compatibility. I know Microsoft doesn't think it's a thing right now, but the ability to play these games at 4k by putting the disc in the console is bad ass! I have a killer gaming PC and I don't need a modern console. But damn that nostalgia is powerful. There's just something about being able to put my OG Xbox discs and 360 discs straight into a console without the need to Conjigger an Emulation Setup.
Gen 7 was a fantastic moment in time. That and the 16-bit era were amazing to be a part of, and unfortunately, will never be replicated. For Gen 7, they had a crazy year (2007) with Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank Future, Rock Band, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed, Orange Box... like holy crap, what a crazy year!
Damn I didn't realize all that was packed into 2007! Wild
It's been downhill since 2007. Add BioShock to your list just to really drive the point home
@@GamingOffTheGrid And all within like four months. It was nuts.
I guess fairly unpopular, but the Wii was all I needed. It's still hooked up to this day. With all the Virtual Console games from all the consoles I had growing up (minus the PS1 obviously), full gamecube backward compatibility, and being able to play all the disc based Wii games as well as the Wiiware games. I really enjoyed it and the motion controls (even if they didnt always hit a home run, I like the ones that at least tried to do something different). It was, for me, the last time I really "loved" gaming and had fun with it if that makes any sense.
The Wii is damn good. I didn't appreciate it enough back in the day. Love it now. Cheers!
That's hilarious, you can jailbreak a Wii and load it with homebrew too. Connect a hard drive and play everything for free.
The Wii imo was better than the N64 and GC combined. It was every Nintendo system up to that point.
Indeed...those that mocked the wii library at the time and those that still do, have zero idea of what the wii is about...its actually for hardcore gaming...peeps dont know the konami rebirth series is a thing etc.
I got my Wii in 2021 and now have over 45 games. It's a rail shooter heaven for me. And so many hidden gems
Truly the last time the gaming industry as a whole made an attempt to be innovative and really push the boundaries. I was born in 91 so I may be slightly biased over some of the older gens, but holy shit gen 7 was the glory days. I remember being blown away by new releases and now it feels like more of the same. I’m never pressed to buy a game day one anymore, even if it’s not completely broken at launch (fantasy logic, cause it will be broken) it’s still just derivative of another game I’ve played countless times before. How many times can the gaming industry tweak and reskin the assassins creed format before people get sick of it?! This turned into an old man yelling at the sky rant lol
F it dude! Yell at the time sky. I feel like that's what we do all the time as we age. Gotta get it out of our system LOL
Great video. 7th gen is still my favorite generation ever. Im glad I started collecting for it early on. Outside of a few games Id say my 7th gen library is complete.
As usual, very good conversation on this topic!
Thanks brotha!
Gen 7 was awesome. It was the last generation you needed all three consoles, games would be complete on disc and both the DS and PSP complimented the home consoles perfectly. Great video as always 👍
I 100% agree that Gen 6 to Gen 7 wasn’t a MAJOR leap like we saw before. However, Gen 7 was the swan song to everything we had before it before the great enshitification started in Gen 8 onward.
Also, all 3 consoles on 7th generation had a degree of physical game backwards compatibility(PS3-PS1 or PS1/PS2 ,Wii-GC, and Xbox 360- most OG Xbox) which is super cool and unique to that console generation.
Great point! Damn it I wish I would have brought that up
So true. It's why I will always love the older consoles including the 360 and the older models of the ps3 because of the backwards compatibility.
PS3 and 360 were my college years great memories. Still play both. Racing games I also Blur and Split Second. Also last gen devs like pumped out games like 3-4 per studio in 1 gen. Now it’s one and some ports.
Blur and Split Second are so damn good! Great times!
I grew up in gen 8 but I am infatuated with gen 7 at the moment. It was the first gen where certain game genres and design philosophies were set in stone and still haven't left. Been playing ff13 on 360 and if I didn't know any better I'd say it's a ps4 game with how great it looks. I think there's something to be said with the switch being as popular as it is when it has gen 7 specs... seems to me like that was as much graphical fidelity as we ever needed to support the innovation along side it. Now graphical upgrades just seem to be for the sake of itself and not as a more accessible platform for new games and ideas to be created.
100% agree. This era will not feel old for a long long time. Hdmi enabled helps too
I'm honestly so glad I have my Wii still that I preordered back in the day. It runs great and looks pretty good with the wii2hdmi. We have the Series S and a PS5, but I feel like down the road those won't be worth keeping because a lot of it revolves around online. I loved gen 6 because I prefer a normal controller vs having to use the wiimote, but I got rid of the gamecube because my wii plays gamecube games. I also appreciate the fact that any game that uses the wii classic controller seems to be compatible with the gamecube controller.
the last generation of experimentation. Capcom alone released so many different one off titles compared to now where its just RE, MH, SF. Plus its the last true physical first generation. Im still finding games that released during this generation that I didn't know about and I worked at gamestop at the time
Ghost n' Goblins Resurrection was released a few years back. Their experiment to prevent players using rote memorization for speed running it. That appears to have been successful.
People used to use the Xbox Live service for long distance calls. Armed Forces people as well. Played online with people who told me this back then.
Considering home phones were still used and probably expensive to use regularly for long distance... this is wild to me. Smart, but wild.
I was born in 1985. My console growing up was the final years of the NES up until the middle of the GameCube and everyone of those consoles feels like a retro console. But the 7th generation reminds me of my early 20s. One of my favorite memories of the 7th generation was the first time walking out into the promenade at the Willamette Mall and hearing Gone Guru blasting through the TV.
Now I have a vacation coming up in almost 2 months to the day. And I'm going to spend it playing Wet on the PS3 in an attempt to recapture my early 20s.
I am a 87 baby, so I grew up starting with GEN 3. GEN 7 has my heart, and Halo 3 was absolutely some of the best online gaming if you ask my opinion (simply because of lan party’s!! We use to have a club in Charlotte where 40 people showed up to party at my friends house for the whole weekend!). The COD series was also incredible during GEN 7, but one of my favorite 3rd person online shooters other than Gears of War is Metal Gear Online with MGS4 (absolutely addictive). KillZone 2 was also pretty impressive as well with BattleField 3. The last of Us multiplayer was pretty good too.
I wish we could get back to that online gaming spirit from that era, but unfortunately it’s nowhere even close to what it used to be. We hit a flat line in this era fueled by micro transactions and algorithms.
Cheers fellas!
If we do hit a crash in the market with gaming..better hope you have physical copies because the digital library is going to screw millions (possibly a billion) people out of there purchases. The sneaker market has gone down hill tremendously which finally hit resellers pretty hard in their lucrative schemes lol so now people are buying shoes they really wanted for cheap steals.
18:48 - “Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here?”
Robs leg 😂😂😂
Old guy here, still in my 40s but barely and I just picked up a PS3 and about 8 games yesterday. I have to say the joy of playing a game without all the distractions for online services, downloads and all that, coupled with very good graphics, instruction manuals with the games and the just "fun" factor that, for me, is pretty much gone in gen 8 and on for the most part, has been wonderful. I am excited to go back and play old favorites and find hidden gems or other titles I missed the first time around.
Thank you for your service gentlemen! much respect from a mid eighties baby!
You guys are becoming a favorite of mine to watch 💯
Hell ya! Really appreciate it and glad you are enjoying the vids. Cheers!
Gen 7 hit at the perfect time for me. I was in college from 2006-10 and, being in college, I had a lot of free time and a ton of friends around. So many good memories of multiplayer Halo 3. I probably put well over 1000 hours in with friends. Also Guitar Hero and Rockband with a ton of friends during the college years was fantastic.
Hell ya! Wes here, I was in college the same time frame my dude. Tons of gaming memories with friends. Cheers!
LOVE my 360 Elite. Still rocking it today. Garage sales are such a great place to find deals on this gen. Couple months ago at my subdivisions garage sale found a guy selling his entire collection of 360 CoD games. Talked to him for a few and asked why he was selling. He was moving and needed to free up space so was selling his 360 stuff and was hoping to find someone else to enjoy them as much as he did. We chatted about when we got into xbox and just generally how our lives as gamers unfolded. I explained i was looking for CoD games since i missed them during my youth and was looking to play through the campaigns from the beginning. Sold me all of his CoD games, COB for a $1 each.
7th gen is what I played through middle and high school, so it's what I spent the most amount of time doing with friends. The nostalgia for it is crazy; even now my brother and I do a lot of couch co-op with the 7th gen.
Also, even with prices rising its still pretty affordable. I recently picked up a lot on eBay of like 35 Xbox 360 games (all CIB) for about $90 shipped.
I was born in 2004 and this generation was definitely my childhood playing on the Wii Xbox 360 and ps3 with my friends and family and every kid either having a psp or ds/3ds golden era for sure
You guys get me excited to fire up the classics. I love how you bring a current spin on retro games.
Nice! Glad you enjoyed. Cheers!
Great video boys! I've been gaming since the Atari days and although I love the PS2 and NES era's, please allow me to say something possibly controversial that may get me in trouble with my friends who are my age (late 40's) but I think the 7th Gen is the best I've ever played. The games, the system, the jump to HD the time in my life where I finally had expendable funds and the nostalgia of it all. To this day, my favorite FPS of all time is still Battlefield Bad Co 2 and no one can make me feel differently, I will die on that hill ha ha!
Appreciate the content as always!!! Cheers!
I don't think it's controversial at all! Everyone has different tastes and there is no arguing the quality of Gen 7. It was a great time to be a gamer. Cheers!
1983 kid, I grew up with Nintendo and Sega Genesis. 7th Generation for me is one of the greatest generations of all time. Tomb Raider, BioShock, Gears of War 2, Assassin's Creed 3, Left for Dead 2 make me go back and play my 360 even though I can play them on my Xbox One. I still prefer original hardware better
I have 154 PS3 games, a modded wii and 23 XBOX 360 exclusive games absolutely love gen 7. Last Great gaming generation for exclusives and just gaming in general IMO. 🎮👌
I agree with you guys. I was born in 1995, I grew up with the Senses Junior and Gameboy Colour but i really got into the PS2, PS3, 360 and Wii. I like how you got updates for certain games but largely, the games were complete and playable off the disc, didnt need a large install. I also liked the variety of games, ranging from Star Wars The Force Unleashed to Black Ops to Uncharted, etc. I've been trying to collect PS3 games for my Super Slim, and a handful of 360 games for the Series X. Most games i find are betweeb $10-$20 (Canadian). Recently played Killzon 2 and 3 for the first time
It is interesting all 3 consoles sold well so many games can be considered sought after, but only a small amount could be considered rare. While the previous two generations had PS1 and PS2 dominant and the Saturn, Dreamcast and Gamecube selling in far smaller numbers (and meant the games for them more difficult to get). I would also suggest it was the last generation where gaming was the priority - yes you had DVD and Blu-Ray, but the games were selling the console. The PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Series seem to be focused on everything such as internet, streaming and gaming is there but as part of a whole package. Which leaves the Switch which prioritises games and is doing well...
Gaming was great for Gen 7, but I think one thing that brought in the masses was the birth of the streaming services (namely Netflix) for consoles before they had Rokus or fire sticks or smart tvs. I remember controlling Netflix with my voice with Xbox 360 Kinect, and feeling like I was brought into the future! It was cool to play a great game and then jump to Netflix right after. Another cool feature of the xbox 360 is that you could plug in your iPod or even your PSP and stream your music into your games!
For me the 7th Generation never really ended... Most of my Xbox One library is backwards compatible 360 games that I have on disk or remasters of 360 games. I only have a handful of games that are actually native to the console. I have a lot more Gen 8 games for the PS4, but even then there's a chunk of my library that are just remastered or ported Gen 7 titles.
Looking back, it really feels like that was the peak, where the combination of graphics, controls, gameplay, multiplayer, new IPs and just the sheer variety and quality of games all just came together at once.
the dawn of 7th gen was when i finished college and got my first corporate tech job. i finally felt financially comfortable enough to go fully into pc gaming. at the same time, i remembered that console generation being one marred by sub 30fps performance. i was awestruck when i first played gow on the 360, but when it got ported over to pc, i thought 'this is how gears was meant to perform.'
Another factor was how many games had local coop. My brother and I would be over at a friend's house constantly playing Halo 3, COD 5 nazi zombies, guitar hero 3, and gears of war.
Was one of the best generations for VARIETY and creativity. Very fond memories.
I have been collecting for the PS3 for years as I have a tonne of nostalgia as I used to work in Game in the U.K. (it was like GameStop)
I did midnight launches and tonnes of game launches. So that generation has a special place for me. I personally think the 7th gen was the last gen where companies took massive risks. There were obviously a bunch AAA but there were so many games that went under the radar. Also because so many games were coming out every week and so many got overlooked. This is why I love this generation immensely.
Great video! I loved the Xbox 360, still enjoy a lot of the games today. And it really was the last great generation in my opinion. When you were talking about the 20 yr old enjoying the 360 it reminded me of my nephew, he's 22 now and his first console that he got when he was 4 was the ps2 so he has a lot of nostalgia for that console, that and the ps3 when he was 10 and those are his favorite consoles now. So its possible that guy could have a lot of nostalgia for the 360. But great video as always! Really enjoy hearing your thoughts on these topics and hearing about your experiences and memories with video games
Hell ya! 360 in 2024 is still rockin' for sure
Another great video. It feels like back in the 360 era i was more excited for new games and looking forward to the next console than now when i'm in my middle 20s.
Gen 7 was the end of the golden age but also the start of where things started to go to shit.
Love the discourse, guys. This discussion reminded me of the song "It's All Been Done" by Barenaked Ladies. And "refining, more horsepower, more graphics" hit the nail on the head. We've seen it all at this point in gaming. On top of that, in terms of AAA, publishers have become more risk averse, leading to certain genres and subgenres falling by the wayside (i.e arcade sports as you guys mentioned).
Damn it! Now that song is going to be in my head the rest of the day
Gaming since the NES era and totally agree with your arguments of the steps between generations. The least step is imo gen 8 and 9. Feels a little bit like the smartphone evolution. The steps between the first 8-9 iPhones were enormous. Now it’s not that much of a difference. But the step from PS2 to X360: blew my mind. Definitely my fav generation (together with the 16 bit era).
Love this Cell Phone analogy. It has been diminishing returns for some time
I’m 37 and the xbox360 is my first adult game console. I graduated high school in 2005. Got my system shortly after that. So I have a different kind of nostalgia attached to the 360. My son was born in 2006 so 360 and wii is his system he grew up on.
I grew up in the 80s and for me Gen 7 was awesome because I could kick back and game with friends online after work (and I still play with these people to this day). It was the last gen of non-broken games, affordable gaming, and like you said, games play and look like modern games. I love every console from the NES to modern, but Gen 7 was the best!!!
Gamers seem to put off collecting the games when it's too damn late, then they gripe about what it cost.
The day Microsoft announed it was halting production of the Xbox 360 consoles, I went out that evening & bought two brand new Xbox 360 E consoles, both with 500GB hard drives, for only $250 each.
Then over the next year or so I actively searched for the 300 plus Xbox 360 games I cherish today. Games were often $5 to $15 each complete & clean all day long then.
You guys rock. Truly, rocks. So nice to watch you guys content!
Video game collecting ends at gen 7 for me. $$$$
That is the end of the money game collecting golden age. Transitions immediately into iron age.
Totally get it. I still play modern here and there but don't collect on the same level.
There are still a few worth collecting from the later generations, mainly the ones delisted from digital stores, but in general they will not be worth much collection wise compared to all the previous generations
I think the switch is absolutely worth it. But its a mixed bag. Its important to check if the full game is on cart, if it is functional without updates, and in case of ultimate editions if the DLC is included on cart(unlike pokemon). Its the same with 7th gen games, but much more common on the switch.
@@D3sdinova switch games will be cheaper than the Wii got in the years after the console generation ended. But in its case, there were hundreds of games produced as limited / collectible titles and what will happen is only a fraction of them will become standout valuable collectible titles. Will be mostly first party games. So many collectors have invested thousands of dollars into switch games that they think will be valuable in the future and they are going to be severely disappointed. Lots of speculators hoarding copies of games and give it a couple years of no price increase and you'll have hundreds of them give up and release their stock on eBay.
@@warehousedave7937 i think pokemon scarlet + the hidden treasure of area zero has amazing potential. Pokemon always does well, but i think that one more than anything before.
Edit: but only used. Sealed copies wont be worth that much i think.
You definitely make good points, and i also expect the next system to still play switch games, and we may see some reprints.
Now, let's get a follow-up video on how to keep these older generation consoles working. They're not getting any cheaper. How often do y'all clean your consoles? Might make a good video.
Good idea. I personally have had great luck over the years. I don't have many secrets except (dusting (Swifter), keeping power strips off always when not in use and covering consoles when not in heavy use. The last one I need to get better at but it really helps. Other than that I think it's just dumb luck.
I was born in 93 and totally agree the graphical jump from Gen 5 to Gen 6 was insane. Then the jump from gen 6 to 7 was also insane. The sweat on the player's visible on the sports genre games. The boom of online gaming exploding in schools Halo 3 Reach, The OG CODs, GTA IV graphical jump from San Andreas this gen dare I say had balls too games like world at war, Blitz The Leauge Two. It made gaming a "cool" "in" thing to do talk about at school it was no longer labled at you being a nerd playing video games. The lobbies in all games on gen 7 these kids wouldnt ever survive 😅😂😂
Dude at Tekko Pittsburgh on 7/20/24 looked just like you bro
The online community was less toxic then. I made so many friends I never met playing Halo and COD. After Destiny that never happened again.
This is when I went back to retro collecting. I thought about it during Gen 6, but Gen 7 is when I decided it was time.
I now have almost a full 360 collection (every game that isn't shovelware or trash) and I am set. Also 7th Gen is hard to emulate while all previous consoles are easy. I have moved on to PS4 games but I am sure my collection for that will be far smaller.
The 360 collection ❤
Killzone 2 & 3 and the Resistance franchise were great fps for the ps3. I still love to play exclusives for that system, Infamous 1 & 2, The Last of Us, Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction, Demon's Souls, Journey and basically all the Uncharted series are all great games.
Gen 7 was a giant leap from gen 6. I realised that the moment I saw the GTA4 trailer and how the game looked compared to PS2 San Andreas
Zombie games were also really crazy popular and dead rising 1/2 are so great . Stuck in a mall and killing zombies with anything and everything. Can't believe it's being remade
Couldn’t agree more. So many great games, playable right out the box. In particular the Wii I think could be the future NES.
The Wii kids are definitely going to want their stuff back no doubt about it! Hope all is well dude!
I think another kind of nostalgia will also come into play for this generation. I'm currently re-playing Lego Indiana Jones, which was the first game my now 19 year old son and I completed 100% together back on the 360. So my nostalgia is not of my youth but his. His first consoles were Wii and 360 so I have loads of memories playing alongside him in that generation.
I think you guys hit the nail on the frickin head with this topic, I've had several gen 8 and 9 consoles but I repeatedly found myself growing bored of the consoles due to the lack of variety compared to previous gens. Don't get me wrong, there are some fantastic titles, but the variety seems a lot more sparse now. I believe it comes down to how expensive it is to develop and publish games now. There isn't as much room to experiment because if a game doesn't sell well, game studios are closed and jobs are lost. Just my two cents, great video as always gentlemen!
Appreciate it dude! Ya there is plenty of good in 8 & 9 but not on the level of 6 & 7
The short lived Wii U was technically an 8th Gen console but it coexisted with Gen 7 consoles!
Totally agree with the Gen7 game consoles really being the last to have developers allowed to have innovative ideas and stories for their games like Bayonetta and Lollipop Chainsaw to name a few. Also with a few minor sized updates from time to time the game was entirely on the disc without the need to download and install half or more of it like you had to later on with the later consoles. I also feel that's why retro style games and popularity for the previous gen consoles is on the rise as many gamers are becoming fickle and disillusioned with how the gaming industry is becoming and the big publishers an general from Ubisoft to EA.
I’d say the last great was 6. Truly inspiring consoles for years to come
Gen 6 was fire for sure!
Yep, the 6th Generation is still the greatest, but my heart has softened for the 7th Generation, a little.
For the longest time, I despised the 7th Generation because it started everything I hate about modern gaming, Online, Shooters, Microtransactions.
I still hate motion controls though. I won't budge on that. I will also never forgive Capcom for RE6 either. Old man gripes...
The reason why I think gen 7 was so great was that more companies were focused on interesting games to make money. Not just making business models with a game on the side. The priorities are completely backwards.
My PS3 just broke so I’m getting new one, got my Xbox 360 on and store the series X away. And rn I’m setting up my Wii. Generation 7 is awesome.
The 7th generation of gaming is the best like the 6th generation
Did some speculating yesterday and "overpaid" at GameStop for PS3 versions of Silent Hill HD Collection and Homecoming ($50). I am hoping that the release of a 'new" Silent Hill game at some point makes me look like a genius from grabbing these minty Gen 7 "Gems". Your video today reinforces my positivity about Gen 7. I was very PlayStation centric in the early 2000s but have since finally dipped my toes in the Xbox world. I am looking forward to Wolverine PS5, but still love X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Although I own a PS5 and a Switch, my heart truly swells for PS3 and PS2, Been really Vita and PSP focused too. Cheers from Bmore!
I really don't think you'll regret your purchase 1 bit
Not overpaid by much. They are both worth about 20 each, and if it's something you enjoy then who cares. Personally I liked downpour better than homecoming and would rather get the original versions of 2 and 3. I have the ps2 copy of 2 but still need to get 3, but that is worth well over 100
Gen 7 was when I quit consoles . I started with Gen 3
Gen 7 definitely had a huge grasp onmy younger adult life. I think I played less games in general, but spent more time on Call of Duty Modern Warfare than just about any game before. The forst console with "HD" graphics was also absolutely mind blowing
Gen 7 was peak gaming for me
The 8bit and 16bit era back in 1980s and early 90s was nostalgic for me👍🏽
The 360 blew me away. Its the last great generation.
I remember the first time seeing Gears of War and being blown away!
I prefer PlayStation 3 over Xbox 360. They had better games, more exclusives, better variety, etc
I was a PS3 guy back in the day but do enjoy them both. Gears co-op is damn good. I lean toward PS3 ultimately though.
yall weird asf with this fanboy trash
Awesome video guys. So many valid points being made to the discussion of why the Gen 7 consoles may be one of the greatest gens, or least as you said the LAST great generation in Video Games. Cheers boys, keep up all the incredible work and see you for the next one. Wes made a comment though about controllers being over $100, and it sad but true, in Canada a Brand New AA Playstation 5 game (Let's Use something like God of War Ragnarok) is $89.99 + tax, where as a new controller (if not on sale is $94.99 + tax, absolutely insane. #Roadto50k
Like a lot of people I think we are going to see steep decrease in game develop budgets as people are seeking out indie and retro games for $2 to $40 that are complete. Most people are not willing to spend $60 to $150 for games that need a year of patches along with season and battle passes to get the full experience and story of the game itself, especially in the current economic climate.
Last great generation in video games?! PS4 & Switch have two of the deepest, strongest & most versatile libraries in gaming.
MW3 survival mode by myself is still my go to still to this day!
I’m still looking to get Xbox games. Just got nfl fever 04 and all stars baseball 03…no idea what they are like yet but going to play them on the 360.
play it on og xbox the 360 dont tun xbox games well
Im an 90,s kid and to me the 6th gen was peak gaming 🎮
The original xbox was my first console i got whit my own Money
I got halo combat evolved project Gotham racing and dead or Alive 3
Great times👌🏻🍻🎮
It was the last great generation. It's when these systems had personalties unlike gen 8 or 9. (Except for wii u and vita, that had personalty....)
Totally agree! Everything now is fairly even across the board and just glorified PC's
No mention of 3D games on the PS3. MK is so cool in 3D
Gen 7 truly is amazing for gaming,
First i got a ps3 whit many great games like killzone 2 and 3 the Uncharted games the gran Turismo games, tombraider battlefield many call of duty games the last of us
A few years later i got an xbox 360 slim, amazing games, the halo games forza, gear of war, fable
🎮🍻
It is crazy where gaming currently is at. I feel that If you grew up thru the 90's, It really did feel like the future of gaming was going to be awesome. Gaming wasn't just hyper focused on graphics. It was focused on satisfying physics effects, rag doll effects, creative art styles, having a range of gameplay modes, creative and fun gameplay mechanics, satisfying damage effects, in depth environmental interaction, engaging CPU AI to play against in single player modes, CPU bots in offline modes. Current video games focus on graphical nitpicking. It seems they forgot how much players enjoyed physics effects & other aspects that make games fun. Quirky graphics can work, if a creative art style is used. Add a selection of interesting gameplay modes, the list goes on.. I seriously don't know why gaming had to fall into this rut that we are in..?
Also:
{We have seen that even if companies delay games, it isn't improving the quality of games being released. Which is a sign there is a MUCH DEEPER issue going on with modern games. No excuses, devs used to make great games with much less and they would have given anything to have certain capabilities to utilize that are available today. It just takes actual passion, focus & talent to make great games. Sidenote: It's so crazy how many people are still supporting super mega rich companies putting out unacceptable products.. i don't understand certain people. I don't understand how certain companies can be messing up so badly. It's frustrating that other passionate people are not allowed to make a version of a type of game that we used to have but no longer get anymore.. Yet these huge companies get full control over if an unused game IP gets made & they do everything they can so no other versions of a game idea will ever come out. Even if there's a huge fan base around certain ideas and there's a ton of passionate devs out there dying to make a version of a certain video game idea.. that frustrates me beyond belief}