Most people don't have 144hrtz, true OLED/QLED 4K tvs/monitors that can sustain actual 110-120fps 4k for graphics to even matter. The obsession over graphics is ridiculous.
@@kill3rbyysightyou'll find not a lot of PlayStation games are on there. Returnal, the horizon series and a lot of others. Because they want you to get a PC that where your not guaranteed to get a working game because of your video card and specs. PC gaming ain't cheap either and if you don't know how to build a PC your fucked
Am 4o tii and gsming aint that baf a lot of tears for nothing and if yall been gaming as long as me yall shall call the bullshit on this video of making it seem like ps5 is doing as shitty as xbox
@@lordhorg999 Build a PC for $500 that does what the PS5 or Series X does. Then you can talk. Otherwise your argument is empty. The video is a trash take on consoles. The end 😎✌️💯 Console gaming is real gaming for gamers. PC gaming is for PC enthusiasts. People who play League of Legends or Civilization type games. Which it's fine to be a PC gamer. It's not cool to shit on consoles tho just because of your ego. The "PC is better" crowd are mostly egotistical jerks. I seriously think PC gaming sucks. Yeah 256 frames per second is impressive but unnecessary. What's the point of driving a car that goes 200mph if the speed limit is 80mph. In my world, PC is for work. Consoles are for play.
the worst part of this generation is games media. Its turned into sensationalist BS and constant rumors and click bait. We used to get rumors occasionally, maybe something out of left field. But now we're reached a point where nothing from games media can be trusted unless its on screen in front of us from the developer/publisher.
I have a PS2 and a PS5 in my room and I probably play the ps2 about 5x as much as I do my PS5. the games just don't do it for me any more. Playing old skool squaresoft RPGs and they kick the absolute crap out of all the JRPGs on PS5.
Then get off the internet… obviously there is more disinformation out there than there ever has been. If you feel so put off by clickbait and disingenuous news then stop looking for it, and go to more reputable sources.
@@Direwoof Dude, I was so close to buying a PS5 last year because I wanted to get into Playstation again, but once I saw that the Steam Deck could emulate PS2, I opted for that instead. I’m so glad I never got a PS5 lol.
I will say one thing that made me start to appreciative gaming again was just completely ignoring opinions and just trying the games that I thought would be good
@@DetroitsReaper how can the negativity hurt your experience? If you like something, other people's opinion of it shouldnt affect you, unless you have the desire to be validated
@FURognar easy it's a mindset someone being negative all the time about everything can bring down your love for something. It's not just games either. Its also not always after you played something it can be before you even know you like or dislike something
I play on ps5 and xbox because I’m too old to deal with cheaters, viruses, blue screens, drivers, you name it. I just want to sit on my couch and enjoy games for a couple of hours before going to bed.
Exactly. Console gaming. Put in the disc or download the game and play. Thats it. Not interested in any other nonsense. Buy a new console 7 years down the road.
@@FURognar I'm not sure we even need that next generation anymore. If a new gen does launch I'm pretty confident that Xbox will keep streaming it through cloud. Hell maybe run some of the game local and do the ray tracing or whatever on the cloud. Do we even need more generations once cloud is perfected?
@@ViridianFlow eventually the hardware gets outdated as technology continues to advance. I think 7 years is a good amount of time between generations. I can see that extending to 10 years between at some point. Console generations used to be 5 years apart until the Xbox 360 and PS3 gen, then it shifted to 7 years.
@@FURognar Sure but what I'm saying is the hardware that runs the cloud can upgrade constantly whenever they have the tech. Unless they want to change something completely fundamental like the input style (like going from a standard controller to a VR controler) the hardware at your house doesn't matter all that much anymore, or at least it matters less today than it did yesterday and will keep moving in that direction so long as internet speeds keep improving.
I built a high end gaming PC and still have my PS5. Still prefer my Ps5. Pc is great and all but console still has physical and makes me feel like a kid again.
well we do have to remember this gen had a really bad start with first 2 year shutdown and logistic lines in shambles for at least a year later. I say this also reason budgets are also more bloated that and the fact the people demand more pay and everyone want their pound of flesh when you use their product.
22:55 Actually that's a myth. The guys at "does it play?" (they're doing god's work btw) have proven that the majority of discs come with a playable version of a game. Nintendo and Sony are good with that (with exceptions) while Xbox is the one with the worst record. So please, continue supporting physical media :)
"So stick with 360, that's your message." and here I am in 2024 playing 360 more than any other console by far. They used to actually try to make fun games back in the day.
The hardware limitations of the older consoles forced game devs to get creative with asset management, which carried over into all other areas. Between my 360, Wii, PS2 and PS1 I have lots of fun stuff to play. Games these days focus too much on aesthetics and not enough on fun.
Same here with my PS3 and PS4. I'd like to try a 360 when I get time and the money, it's just hard to get one here where I am, the console itself let alone the games. Play Station dominates here in south east Europe I'd like to play the old 360 exclusives, especially Gears of War, never played it.
The margin of that benefit is getting smaller though. Consoles are getting more expensive and even mid gen refreshes aren't cheaper as they used to be, games are more expensive too. On PC you can build a good gaming rig with a 2nd hand GPU with similar performance for a decent price. Still more expensive initially but much cheaper to upgrade later than buying a whole new console for example the PS5 Pro for relatively small gains.
@@rodriguezkev Except a second-hand console is also cheaper, too. Like right now, we can get an Xbox Series X|S for $350.00 and $200, respectively. No PC built with secondhand parts for either of those price points would be worth a damn. And game prices on console are super cheap, too. CDkeys, Eneba, and other websites sell their console games almost as cheap as the PC games. In some instances, just as cheap. Games on console haven't been "expensive" since 2017 by my count.
@@rodriguezkev - I agree. The selling point for a console was you could game cheaper, and easier. That’s slowly eroded over the years. At this rate, PC and console won’t be far enough apart to warrant the price point.
@SamMontoya Yup, and as consoles get closer to being more like PCs in experience, you may as well make the jump. After all, one of PCs biggest benefits is from being an open platform.
All these videos have this ONE weird thing in common... They ALL acknowledge Nintendo as the sole exception, but they still lament about a "console problem." Let's call it EXACTLY what it is... *Its a Sony/Microsoft problem!* (Other publishers play a role, too, but this is where the most responsibility lies) We're seeing the FRUIT of the ideology/environment that they've cultivated for years. This is the environment and culture that they have created for their consoles to exist in, where just enjoying a fun game isn't enough(but even that they rarely achieve). Everything must conform to a perceived 'AAA' moniker, even while studios are struggling to get games out. It is DEMONSTRABLE that the current market is quite happy to mix things up a bit(ie: lower budget games do achieve amazing success), but these big-brain publishers only look at cherry picked data. Even now, they are STILL doubling down on their 'Presentation-First' approach to game design, on top of a heavy-handed methodology to the budgets involved, as though quality scales linearly with budgets(let alone scales at all!). Good luck!🤦🏽♂️
But when 2/3s of entire gaming is dead, do you really expect Nintendo to feed the missing balance Sony and Microsoft would have done if they did their job right?
@@ys3606 Gamers don't cease to exist simply because one or more platforms holders drop out of the race. The situation simply allows new/other types of games to gain their attention. Also, the math(although intentionally rough) is still WAY off, because there is a massive overlap in the TYPE of games, hypothetically, that would be "missing" between Sony and Xbox. They both target the exact same demographic. A demographic, mind you, that is included in the wide net that Nintendo casts when targeting gamers.
@@Oryon7 One company can only make so many games. If Sony/Microsoft fails, Nintendo isnt going to "make their share" of games too, all they will(and can) pump out is their own games.
@@ys3606 We're placing gamers boxes, like: "This box will only play this/that game." In reality, that's not what happens whenever there's a power vacuum. In the absence of one source of power, something else always fills the void. It's demonstrable across many different types of markets. For instance; where these major publishers are failing, gamers didn't bow out of their favorite hobby, Indie games saw a MASSIVE boom! They are all competing for the consumer's TIME. It's not AS MUCH about gamers' preference as we think, as a great game with decent marketing can get just about anyone onboard. With Nintendo putting out more games than Sony and Microsoft COMBINED, that's equates to a TON of opportunity to grab people's undivided attention(the consumer's time), in a situation where Sony/MS wasn't around. For the record, competition exiting the market is not something I'm advocating for, I'm just highlighting where the CURRENT TRAJECTORY leads. So again... A power vacuum create a void that WILL be filled. That's as much a socio-economic law, as it is a law of physics.
As a devil's advocate, I tried getting Dragon Age Origins to not crash on my PC for hours last week and gave up. My PS5? Click Button, videogame goes brrrrr
Yes, recently bought switch oled from a physical store. Somehow got the same feeling when bought ps1. Games are magic there and capture the essence why I started to play in first place.
I'm 54. I have been playing video games since they were practically invented, starting with playing a black and white Tank game in a Pizza restaurant when I was 8 in the late 70s. As a kid, my parents used to take me to arcades and let me play for hours. I was there in the early 80s during the golden age of arcades. I fell in love with those games, as they were all about gameplay and innovation (not the gimmicky laser disk games). I continued playing arcade and console games as I grew up. Odyssey, Atari 2600, Colecovision, Commodore 64, PC, Atari 7800, NES, Gameboy, Lynx, Super NES, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, Neo Geo, Jaguar, 3DO, PlayStation, Virtual Boy, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2 XBOX, GameCube, GBA, DS, PSP, Neo Geo Pocket Color, PS3, 360, Vita, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Switch, Xbox One, PS4, etc..... I started hardcore collecting in 1993 and I still have my collection. In the late 80s, I made my own video games on my Commodore 64, too. Games started jumping the shark after the PS3 and 360, and they went off into tangents. I began to lose interest in most of them. I play emulators and build PCs and video game consoles, now. I am developing arcade machines, too. I am also developing my own games. The most modern game that I played and really got into was Breath of the Wild on the Switch, which is awesome. I hated Tears of the Kingdom, however. Now, I play what most would call "retro" games, especially arcade games. The future isn't graphics and trying to make games like movies to tell a story. The future is the past, with games, such as older arcade games, that were all about gameplay. I hope that the video game industry crashes. They don't make video games anymore, and it deserves to crash. I have the games that I want to play. I also make them. If you can't make a video game by yourself or with a small team, they may not be worth it, as it would be a case of diminishing returns. In the next few years, gamers will use A.I. to make the games that they want to play (or learn to code or use development tools). They will also make their own consoles.
14:22 day 1 patches started out as a way to deter people from pirating games on PC. Get your cracked copy, but then a day 1 patch fixes things and you already have to download a patch, because the base game without the patch was unbeatable in some fashion. Now it’s more of a standard excuse for “we are fixing this thing we didn’t spend enough money on making cause we spent tooooo much money on commercials”
@@DM-qd7gw nah. That period when Microsoft abandoned the 360 because they started working on the xbox1 was bad taste although the 360 was definitely great.
@@amazingamazigh1538 the ps3 got good toward the end of the generation once Xbox started moving forward with the Xbox one. But for the vast majority of the gen 360 was dominating.
I'm really enjoying Nintendo Switch. Everytime I bring it to a party where no one plays games, they end up enjoying it even more than I do. And my wife who has never played a game, loves watching me play Zelda and Animal Crossing and even Mario 3D World. I feel like it's not just mine it's for all of my family and friends to enjoy with me and I never feel isolated.
It all goes downhill when they try to bring pc experience to console. High graphics, more patches fixes, fiddling with updates and upgrades. This is why the Nintendo traditional model kick their ass. Console has always been , slide in the disc and cartridge and play. We can get back , look for technology that works like that - don’t be pc about it.
Played on PC for 8 years. Got tired of upgrades. Got tired of games not working at first attempt, WHICH STILL HAPPENS. DrDisrespect has a few recent videos where he goes ballistic because he can't get the game to even launch and we have all felt what he hilariously displayed. Got tired of having 3 or 4 different game launchers. PC gaming is a continual pain in the ass.
It is fun for xbox and nintendo fans. PC fans have been estactic. Lets call it what it is . Its not fun for ps fans. But that does not mean it is bad for gaming. IJS
Why buy consoles, my thought two years ago, I've already jumped to PC and after tasting freedom I could never go back to a walled off garden. Also, games take too long to make because they are worried about realism instead of fun games. I think this is why the Switch 2 has taken so long to release, because the hardware is there, they need a solid software line up and they know it.
This is why Nintendo are killing it. They don't need hundreds of millions of dollars and teams of thousands to make their first party bangers, and Indies can run without being compared to AAA quality titles. Nintendo just haven't fallen down the "Must shovel more and more time and money into every game" hole
@@prodygIf that weren't the case, we would not have many more original games. They are actually plentiful already and Nintendo smply very good at spotting empty spaces that would be too small for an original game and pushing something in, while it also helps with retro demand.
I honestly think it depends on what games you are playing. I think there has been plenty of good games this generation and more are on the way. I think people need to broaden their horizons more and play different types of games across multiple platforms.
Because every big studio is trying to make the same thing. A shooter with a battle pass and microtransactions. Every month or 2 there is yet another free to play game trying to do what fortnite did in terms of success but ALWAYS fail to forget that fortnite started as a co-op survival game with building. It was original unique and creative FIRST and then it made a battle royale as an extra feature. They never even intended for the BR part of it to take off but it did because it already was a creative game before it even had pvp.
The generation isn't exciting because the games are not exciting. Consoles shouldn't go away, but they eventually will. Services like Game Pass, Nvidia GeForce and others will take over in time. Gaming PCs have also stepped it up as well.
If there is one thing this generation has well is improving the performance and experience of playing games in general. You can play most games now at 4k 60fps with little to no load times, something the last console generation suffered hugely on.
PC ftw. A PC with a console like OS, but the ability to still switch to Windows, MacOS, Linux or SteamOS would be dope! Im always gonna build Full Tower PCs, cause I like having room to build whatever I want and still have lots of airflow, but consoles bring gaming to the casuals in a more costly and digestible way to get them into the full PC experience.
People were getting banned for cussing out a kids that were calling everyone the N word. Even tho the games were rated M for mature. Ya know games not for kids. But even tho they had horrible parents that let them play those games those kids talked the most sh*t and got the most people banned even tho they started the little st battle. Little kids have ruined gaming end of story.
As a PC gamer who gets Xbox titles Day 1 and can sail the high seas to circumvent the awful PSN requiremt to play PS games, I'm liking this generation so far
Love my PC, I work on it, watch movies and videos on it, play games on it, shop on it. I have two 50" monitors, 64gb Ram, x box controllers, Racing Sim Wheels, Flight Sticks. It does everything I want. I haven't bought a console since PS3. With Steam and GamePass I'm all set.
I'm addicted to playing all the 5-10 year old games I missed that I can buy for a few dollars now. Seriously. Do I want to spend 80 or 90 dollars for a game, or do I want 16-18 games for that same price? And not bad games either. Things like Dragon's Dogma, Witcher 3, Tales of Symphona, the batman arkham trilogy, and more all for about 5 dollars each. Not to mention I feel like the older games respect my time more. Modern games aren't shy about creating problems to sell you the solution to. Whether it be microtransactions or DLC, I just don't feel like I'm buying the "full game" even if it's a few cosmetics they want to sell me (which I refuse to do because hey, look at those games I listed earlier I could buy with that money) I decided to move back to PC in 2016-2018, largely because the consoles started moving away from physical anyway, and I learned controllers were easily usable on PC too, (which wasn't the case back when I last played pc games), took me a couple years before I bought the PC (YAY overinflated lockdown prices!) My main reason for wanting to move to PC however wasn't the lack of physical games (which I now need to check to see if the physical copy even has the game on it) but rather the option to mod my games. More specifically I kept running into bad localization and excessive censorship at times, and I figured buying on PC at least gave me the option of getting a fanmade high fidelity translation, or uncensor the M rated game that was censored like it was for a G audience.
For me personally, nothing has really changed. I didn't play many games 20 years ago and I still don't play many today, but I can tell you one thing for sure. This is the first cycle where I can see myself play more than ever towards the end of it simply because games are becoming more cinematic and less "gamey" which usually breaks the immersion. So yeah, there is no definite answer. it's completely subjective
I think a big problem is a lot of games are not pick up and play anymore. Sports games, shooters, rpgs ect are not easily accessible for casual players. Less people turning into big fans of new games and more people sticking to the games they know because it’s a huge undertaking for a casual gamer to learn a new game just to become somewhat competent
Its because a big parts of studios game dev don't create games and universe with ideas in mind using their creativity anymore , Xbox and Sony just ask them that they need to do a hero shooter, a souls like, a horror game , a fps or other type of game just to have one to sell and touch a public
Its definitely a nice experience. when I get home I press the power button on my PC, steam loads up and I press play on my favorite game(s). All in the comfort of my recliner with the choice of a dualsense or xbox controller. 😂
Do console gamers not use the standby feature to catch updates? I have my PC that I leave powered off and still remember to launch Steam every now and again to catch updates. Also my buddy uses his DS5 Mic as a back up for work lmao.
Fall off means your game is dead, you’re losing money, and your studio is shutting down. Activism and COD is the exact opposite of that🤦🏾♂️ it’s top 2 in sells every year, a thriving community, and there making more money then ever before😂😂😂😂😂
@@tgreg9542 you must not've ever played Call of Duty 4 back on Xbox 360 Xbox Live. Can't even call people gay nowadays without getting permabanned. CoD in 2024 is absolute trash compared to what it was.
Destin, great video as always. One thing I disagree with though is that day one games should be completely flawless. Yes, for 70 dollars, they should be as bugfree as possible, but people have a VERY bad memory and remember games with rose tinted glasses. Games used to be buggy and unbalanced as HELL and it was on the player's shoulders to overcome those issues in lieu of fun. I still rock my 360 and old PC, go and pop in some of the older games, NFS Most Wanted from 2005, Kameo, Mafia 1, even older stuff, some of the older arcade games especially will blow your mind. Unfair mechanics, bugs aplenty, enemies headshot you through walls and corners, in racing when you escape the cops, "AI" rubberbands them forward, visual glitches, unbelievable difficulty spikes... Games are supposed to be playable from start to finish and they're supposed to be FUN first and foremost. You've mentioned Halo MCC, I got the boxed version in 2014 at launch and played it from start to finish without issues, it was GREAT fun. Give me a buggy game any day if it's something I can't stop playing, rather than a polished but absolutely sterile game. People are too entitled these days, software is 10 times more complex than before and it's impossible to catch all bugs prior to real user testing. It's the big ass youtubers and game outlets who detect a couple of bugs and then quickly spread around the negativity which catches on like wildfire, which screws up many a game's reputation. People are so bored these days with variety that they start nitpicking every little bug under the sun.
Is easy to answer, developers trying to mix politics in a hobby that is a escape from reality, and before they say metal gear solid, the game is not about politics, is about patriotism and how warfare affects man, is about seeking peace but the game can never seek for an answer that doesnt involved conflict and shows that maybe humans will never fix their own problems because politics always find a way to put people against their own people or other cultures and countries.
On the topic of "not owning" physical games. There are a handful of games from the ps4 I know of that are fully on the disc and have never been updated. LEGO Marvel Superheroes and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I remember for the longest time the AC Ezio Collection was like that but they eventually did 1 update for it. It would be nice to have a list somewhere that has all the games that are on disc and don't need any updates to be fully playable.
What a great video on his part and good analysis and points made by you. This is a very important topic and hopefully there is change soon. Also, this is the first video I have watch of yours but I have seen your posts on twitter. I dont always agree but I think you do a great job speaking your mind and we need more of that.
yea some sort of propaganda goin over here... just in 2024 u got Rise of Ronin, Stellar Blade, Helldivers 2, Phantom Blade 0, FF7 Rebirth, Black Myth Wukong etc. i don't know wat these guys r on 😂
10:35 I never met anyone who smashed their TV, but my friends' wife broke her nose playing fishing on the Nintendo Wii. She got so into it that when she got a bite she snapped the Wiimote back to hook it and hit her self on the bridge of her nose, breaking it. She dropped to the floor screaming. We thought she was just having an over-dramatic hissy fit, as the fish got away for her 5th time, then we saw the blood, there was blood everywhere like a horror movie lol. Bless her lol. Nearly 2 decades later, it's still noticeable. But to this day she remains a hardcore gamer.
Because people expected something that isnt yet possible with modern hardware in a console form factor? Everyone expected 4k 120FPS and mind blowing graphics and I'm sorry to tell you but we dont have that kind of hardware at this price point yet and most likely wont have it for atleast another 10-15 years.
@@galacticwarlock2271Agree with your premise that theres no need for every game to chase the "realistic graphics" with a 5-6 year dev cycle... the games just needs to be good/fun to play... Even though I generally do not like how most games play on the switch 😬. More to do with how performance and the controllers feel I think however.
If someone's definition of "having games" is _generation exclusive games_ (eg. SpiderMan2), they're gonna be disappointed going forward. Nowadays, game budgets are outta control, most publishers won't give up the opportunity selling to the huge install base of the previous gen. That's why we have a lo-fi version of Resident Evil 4R for the PS4/Xbox1 and a hi-fi version for the PS5/XsX. The same will happen to the next Xbox/PS6.
Wait... Ive LOVED this console generation. I still cannot believe Game Pass is a real thing i get to enjoy and when its gone im sure kids wont even believe im telling the truth about it.
People always shove Nintendo aside and say something like "they march to their own drum" or "they're playing a different game". Personally, I think Nintendo is playing the exact same game as Xbox and Playstation: selling video games and game consoles. They just have different (better) priorities, namely Art Direction and Unique gameplay concepts. They don't focus on graphical fidelity because the games are already good without it.
so u basically not a gamer... just a wanna b gamer who don't know wat to play now... ok tell me wat games hv u played that now u r not finding any games to play??
my first encounter with 7th gen was with Bioshock, a game which really was a next gen title which would have been very difficult for the 6th gen console to reproduce fairly. now I look at 9th gen and many 9th gen games are released on 8th gen console but also the underpowered Switch. So im like why should i get a 9th gen console?
I’ve gone back to my old Nintendo consoles and the OG Xbox I’ve even bought a CRT after spending the past few years trying to get a good image quality from an lcd tv.
That point 8:12 : if it's easy to make games, then as many bad games are made, there should also be great games. Because now it's easy and talented artists can have a chance to make them
It's funny how he highlights the Wii, but omitted the Switch because it counters most of his points. I get it. He is really talking about Xbox and PS, so why bring up Nintendo at all?
I know right! The drastically improved console performance has allowed me to tackle my backlog of games and i haven’t even touched Forbidden West, FF7 Rebirth and Stellar Blade yet because i simply don’t have the time. It really does help when you don’t play games 24/7
I'm preferring the PSVR2 more then the PS5 atm. VR experiences as a 80's kid is Awesomeness. Not sure why so many Haters try lying about OUR actual Experiences and pretty neat we can play with Quest players. Interesting times since the atari and its awful lag delay 😆 i Definitely don't miss that at all. Just Greatful to experience VR working properly before i pass, cuz we can die at anytime. Younger generations take everything for granted & even grown folks
The problem is enthusiasts are over exposed to 24 hour gaming news. Everything leaks. There are no surprises. Detox from this shit. Gaming is better than ever. A lot of AAA sucks but who needs them. There are a million amazing indie games. Companies like Capcom and Nintendo have never been better.
If you look at the Xbox 360 and remember Skyrim and GTA5, it's a big asset to development if they understand the architecture and technology base inside out and it shows in the game. Now games are rushed because a generation is 6 years and a game takes 3 to 9 years depending on ambitions. Tears of the kingdom and metroid prime 4 say it all being so late but just refined to death thanks to the mastery of the hardware......just in my opinion but the pattern is there If you look.
This generation suffered from a pandemic, console hoarding for profit, the Series S making development even more of a chore, and one that really hurt the Series X... Sony forcing console parity on developers. The later may sound stupid but imagine not being allowed to use all of a consoles potential
Can we stop with the Series S hate when the Xbone and PS4 are still getting games? PC games are now just targeting the GTX 10 Series and AMD Ryzen 1st gen as minimum specs. Like I know eventually it will be holding it back, but low end PCs are just as culpable. Not to mention that the race for graphic fidelity is one of the biggest cost increases for these games. While Nintendo is still making bank on the switch that's got decade old hardware at this point. I'm willing to have a discussion on the drawbacks of low hardware as long as we look at the whole of low end hardware. And we can't have that if we pretend the Series S is the culprit.
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion but I think social media influencers on places like UA-cam make gaming seem terrible . Negativity sells . Is the industry perfect ? No . But I can tell you as one who grew up poor the things we have access to now is amazing . Free to play games , cross play , subscription services , publicity for indie games etc . Handheld gaming pc’s.,Games should be working on release , but we get free patches ! FREE PATCHES. back in the day , if a game was messed up you needed to wait for a re release . There’s good games and bad games . People just don’t remember the bad old ones .
Completely agree. There are plenty of great games to play, too many to fit into a measly 24 hour day. The "problem" is people like to make and watch whiny youtube videos complaining about stuff. Just go and play some games already.
I have a PS5 and an XSX. I haven't turned on my Xbox since mid 2023. My PS5 has been a streaming box since January of this year. I dont know if I will be getting the successor of either console when they inevitably come out.
Your right. No PC hardware is weak enough to do that. If you don't think a PC handheld could do everything a switch can do better, aside from paying bloated Nintendo prices, your living in ignorance.
Switch really has its strong points. I play on many consoles (Sega MegaDrive mini, PS2, PS3, PS4, Xbox One X, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Wii and Switch) and on PC though not as much nowadays than before because there's so much other things to do than play some games. Work, exercise, play sports, meet friends, going into venues, watching movies/series etc. And of course sleep.
If I’m being honest , in my series x all I’m playing is old games I missed out on but with next gen upgrades. Metro Fallouts Elder scrolls Souls games Diablo 2 The only next gen experiences I’ve had were with my switch if I’m being completely Honest. I’m slowly gravitating towards just owning a pc and Nintendo consoles going forward .
Too much realism is why this console generation sucks and is one of the reasons why i chose Nintendo Switch over PlayStation and Xbox and won’t be coming back.
@@droid4d279 that’s not the issue? You are saying that they are still making cross gen 4 years into a consoles lifecycle…. Is not a problem? I’ve been around for every single console refresh known to man and this is a first. New consoles aren’t selling well because they keep making games for the old systems, thus there is no incentives for billy Bob to pluck down cash for non existent system seller games.
Back when the Wii came out I still had a box tv if I did throw the controller at the tv on accident it would have bounced back and hit me 😂 those tvs were tough
I don't understand why people don't talk about price? (years on xbox) I spent 1300 on a MSI 1080p ultra graphics, high frame rate laptop. But only 1080 at ultra. (4060) There's not a lot of extra games on the pc, the Sony games on the pc I've played are ok but nothing game changing. The series s with the full Xbox game pass should be selling like hot cakes because of the price??? its all politics and moaning. Xbox should of won the gen but people too busy moaning. I really like my pc mind as I do other stuff as it a pc. I sold my series x and still have my series s under my tv. My m8 at the work bought a ps5 and after being on xbox for years was disappointed, he agreed with me, its just politics, the xbox is a better product for the price.
Games consulting companies like Sweet Baby are destroying traditional game design. There aren't modern audiences, just modern creators who make games for themselves instead of the customers who purchase the games. Now studios are closing left and right.
It's videos like this. Gamers are saying this Gen sucks. There's constantly videos like this. I feel like there aren't any real gamers anymore. I'm I the only one seriously playing games
So Destin, sure you are talking about MS xbox, cause PS5 just released way more quality games this gen and exclusives too. Even Stellar Blade a second party game Sold more than hellblade 2, redfall and pentiment all together.
💯 agree. 3rd party is killing it so far. We got Elden Ring, GTA6 and DBZ is around the corner, Black Myth, BG3, Stellar Blade, Hi-Fi Rush, Hell Divers 2, AW2, Perfect Dark, etc. We eating good.
I can't imagine complaining about the number or quality of games coming out right now. The last few years have seen so many incredible games. I wish gamepass was a thing back on the 360 when I was in college and could only afford a few games per year.
Until console makers innovate, do things, new things that are a reason to secure a console. Think way outside the box. When a gamer looks at a device and says "I can't do this anywhere else" consoles will sell again.
It feels like games these days are made for celebrities and twitch streamers, instead of regular gamers.
How so?
I do think most AAA developers have lost sight of the 'fun'. Graphics are pretty and all but they are ultimately pointless.
Agree.
Asking hellblade 2 devs, Lol.
But every time a AA game with subpar graphics is shown there is a backlash. Gamers are hypocrites.
Most people don't have 144hrtz, true OLED/QLED 4K tvs/monitors that can sustain actual 110-120fps 4k for graphics to even matter.
The obsession over graphics is ridiculous.
Huge thanks for reacting to the video Destin.
I'm glad you liked it!
6:44 where is Returnal?
Great video man.
Good Video
@@kill3rbyysightyou'll find not a lot of PlayStation games are on there. Returnal, the horizon series and a lot of others. Because they want you to get a PC that where your not guaranteed to get a working game because of your video card and specs. PC gaming ain't cheap either and if you don't know how to build a PC your fucked
I literally watched that whole video and i agree 100% with him
I'm incredibly lucky to be 40 and have lived through gaming history.
44 years old here. Started with Atari 2600 at the age of 3. Absolutely adore consoles.
I’m 44 too and had the Atari 2600 all the way through Nintendo GameQube to PS1&2 and Xbox OG/360. These days most games are Garbage
I'm 46 yrs old and watching videos from the past makes me happy and sad in the same time.
Am 4o tii and gsming aint that baf a lot of tears for nothing and if yall been gaming as long as me yall shall call the bullshit on this video of making it seem like ps5 is doing as shitty as xbox
@@lordhorg999 Build a PC for $500 that does what the PS5 or Series X does. Then you can talk. Otherwise your argument is empty. The video is a trash take on consoles. The end 😎✌️💯 Console gaming is real gaming for gamers. PC gaming is for PC enthusiasts. People who play League of Legends or Civilization type games. Which it's fine to be a PC gamer. It's not cool to shit on consoles tho just because of your ego. The "PC is better" crowd are mostly egotistical jerks. I seriously think PC gaming sucks. Yeah 256 frames per second is impressive but unnecessary. What's the point of driving a car that goes 200mph if the speed limit is 80mph. In my world, PC is for work. Consoles are for play.
the worst part of this generation is games media. Its turned into sensationalist BS and constant rumors and click bait. We used to get rumors occasionally, maybe something out of left field. But now we're reached a point where nothing from games media can be trusted unless its on screen in front of us from the developer/publisher.
I have a PS2 and a PS5 in my room and I probably play the ps2 about 5x as much as I do my PS5. the games just don't do it for me any more. Playing old skool squaresoft RPGs and they kick the absolute crap out of all the JRPGs on PS5.
I'll answer that. There Is no love put into these projects. It all about nickel and diming us all as well and left wing politic messaging
Then get off the internet… obviously there is more disinformation out there than there ever has been. If you feel so put off by clickbait and disingenuous news then stop looking for it, and go to more reputable sources.
@@Direwoof Dude, I was so close to buying a PS5 last year because I wanted to get into Playstation again, but once I saw that the Steam Deck could emulate PS2, I opted for that instead. I’m so glad I never got a PS5 lol.
I will say one thing that made me start to appreciative gaming again was just completely ignoring opinions and just trying the games that I thought would be good
Facts! 💯
Thats how I've always operated.
Yes this 100% today negativity is so overwhelming and will definitely hurt your experiences
@@DetroitsReaper how can the negativity hurt your experience? If you like something, other people's opinion of it shouldnt affect you, unless you have the desire to be validated
@FURognar easy it's a mindset someone being negative all the time about everything can bring down your love for something. It's not just games either. Its also not always after you played something it can be before you even know you like or dislike something
owning the disc means your owning a tanglible asset that you can sell,trade,take to your friends house etc not worthless at all.
Also for the most part games can be run from the disc just ignore the updates
That comment he made in the video was so confidently wrong I almost recoiled. How he mixed update data with game data is baffling.
I play on ps5 and xbox because I’m too old to deal with cheaters, viruses, blue screens, drivers, you name it. I just want to sit on my couch and enjoy games for a couple of hours before going to bed.
Exactly. Console gaming. Put in the disc or download the game and play. Thats it. Not interested in any other nonsense. Buy a new console 7 years down the road.
@@FURognar I'm not sure we even need that next generation anymore. If a new gen does launch I'm pretty confident that Xbox will keep streaming it through cloud. Hell maybe run some of the game local and do the ray tracing or whatever on the cloud. Do we even need more generations once cloud is perfected?
@@ViridianFlow eventually the hardware gets outdated as technology continues to advance. I think 7 years is a good amount of time between generations. I can see that extending to 10 years between at some point. Console generations used to be 5 years apart until the Xbox 360 and PS3 gen, then it shifted to 7 years.
@@FURognar Sure but what I'm saying is the hardware that runs the cloud can upgrade constantly whenever they have the tech. Unless they want to change something completely fundamental like the input style (like going from a standard controller to a VR controler) the hardware at your house doesn't matter all that much anymore, or at least it matters less today than it did yesterday and will keep moving in that direction so long as internet speeds keep improving.
I built a high end gaming PC and still have my PS5. Still prefer my Ps5. Pc is great and all but console still has physical and makes me feel like a kid again.
Series X looks like a refrigerator or air purifier.
The biggest issue for this gen is how long games take to make.
well we do have to remember this gen had a really bad start with first 2 year shutdown and logistic lines in shambles for at least a year later. I say this also reason budgets are also more bloated that and the fact the people demand more pay and everyone want their pound of flesh when you use their product.
No it's the woke politics.
Always the same, new hardware it takes time, for some Reason Red dead 2 and TLOUS 2 took so many years.
Y’all will say this but still complain if a game is “rushed”
Total hypocrisy
That's the root of the problem ,games are too big and expensive to make now
I love the Series X generation so far, far better than the Xbox One imo.
Same. No complaints with my Series X. Running strong since day 1.
The Series X is good and all but this gen is nothing like the 360 gen. Game after game, multiple sequels in a franchise in the same generation etc.
It's not. Last gen Xbox was better.
People forget the first few years of the One were pretty good.
@@thaneros Titanfall, Killer Instinct, Halo 5, Forza Horizon 2, Ryse, Dead Rising 3...
It's felt like being strung along in a bad relationship, and we keep looking back on how great things used to be.
22:55 Actually that's a myth. The guys at "does it play?" (they're doing god's work btw) have proven that the majority of discs come with a playable version of a game. Nintendo and Sony are good with that (with exceptions) while Xbox is the one with the worst record.
So please, continue supporting physical media :)
"So stick with 360, that's your message." and here I am in 2024 playing 360 more than any other console by far. They used to actually try to make fun games back in the day.
I'm revising the 360 too. It holds up remarkably well.
The hardware limitations of the older consoles forced game devs to get creative with asset management, which carried over into all other areas. Between my 360, Wii, PS2 and PS1 I have lots of fun stuff to play. Games these days focus too much on aesthetics and not enough on fun.
Same here with my PS3 and PS4. I'd like to try a 360 when I get time and the money, it's just hard to get one here where I am, the console itself let alone the games. Play Station dominates here in south east Europe I'd like to play the old 360 exclusives, especially Gears of War, never played it.
The main benefit for a console at this point is the price point. You won’t get the same quality at the price point in the PC world.
The margin of that benefit is getting smaller though. Consoles are getting more expensive and even mid gen refreshes aren't cheaper as they used to be, games are more expensive too.
On PC you can build a good gaming rig with a 2nd hand GPU with similar performance for a decent price. Still more expensive initially but much cheaper to upgrade later than buying a whole new console for example the PS5 Pro for relatively small gains.
@@rodriguezkev
Except a second-hand console is also cheaper, too. Like right now, we can get an Xbox Series X|S for $350.00 and $200, respectively. No PC built with secondhand parts for either of those price points would be worth a damn.
And game prices on console are super cheap, too. CDkeys, Eneba, and other websites sell their console games almost as cheap as the PC games. In some instances, just as cheap. Games on console haven't been "expensive" since 2017 by my count.
@@rodriguezkev - I agree. The selling point for a console was you could game cheaper, and easier. That’s slowly eroded over the years. At this rate, PC and console won’t be far enough apart to warrant the price point.
@SamMontoya Yup, and as consoles get closer to being more like PCs in experience, you may as well make the jump. After all, one of PCs biggest benefits is from being an open platform.
100%. People seem really ignorant of this fact.
All these videos have this ONE weird thing in common...
They ALL acknowledge Nintendo as the sole exception, but they still lament about a "console problem." Let's call it EXACTLY what it is...
*Its a Sony/Microsoft problem!*
(Other publishers play a role, too, but this is where the most responsibility lies)
We're seeing the FRUIT of the ideology/environment that they've cultivated for years. This is the environment and culture that they have created for their consoles to exist in, where just enjoying a fun game isn't enough(but even that they rarely achieve). Everything must conform to a perceived 'AAA' moniker, even while studios are struggling to get games out. It is DEMONSTRABLE that the current market is quite happy to mix things up a bit(ie: lower budget games do achieve amazing success), but these big-brain publishers only look at cherry picked data.
Even now, they are STILL doubling down on their 'Presentation-First' approach to game design, on top of a heavy-handed methodology to the budgets involved, as though quality scales linearly with budgets(let alone scales at all!). Good luck!🤦🏽♂️
But when 2/3s of entire gaming is dead, do you really expect Nintendo to feed the missing balance Sony and Microsoft would have done if they did their job right?
@@ys3606 Gamers don't cease to exist simply because one or more platforms holders drop out of the race. The situation simply allows new/other types of games to gain their attention.
Also, the math(although intentionally rough) is still WAY off, because there is a massive overlap in the TYPE of games, hypothetically, that would be "missing" between Sony and Xbox. They both target the exact same demographic. A demographic, mind you, that is included in the wide net that Nintendo casts when targeting gamers.
@@Oryon7 One company can only make so many games. If Sony/Microsoft fails, Nintendo isnt going to "make their share" of games too, all they will(and can) pump out is their own games.
@@ys3606 We're placing gamers boxes, like: "This box will only play this/that game." In reality, that's not what happens whenever there's a power vacuum. In the absence of one source of power, something else always fills the void. It's demonstrable across many different types of markets. For instance; where these major publishers are failing, gamers didn't bow out of their favorite hobby, Indie games saw a MASSIVE boom!
They are all competing for the consumer's TIME. It's not AS MUCH about gamers' preference as we think, as a great game with decent marketing can get just about anyone onboard. With Nintendo putting out more games than Sony and Microsoft COMBINED, that's equates to a TON of opportunity to grab people's undivided attention(the consumer's time), in a situation where Sony/MS wasn't around. For the record, competition exiting the market is not something I'm advocating for, I'm just highlighting where the CURRENT TRAJECTORY leads.
So again... A power vacuum create a void that WILL be filled. That's as much a socio-economic law, as it is a law of physics.
As a devil's advocate, I tried getting Dragon Age Origins to not crash on my PC for hours last week and gave up. My PS5? Click Button, videogame goes brrrrr
Theres a reason the only modern console i own is the switch. Its not competing with pc, it has a reason to exist beyond graphics capability
This is why Nintendo are winning.
Still are.
@@FTChomp9980 ... That's what I said.
💯
Yes, recently bought switch oled from a physical store. Somehow got the same feeling when bought ps1. Games are magic there and capture the essence why I started to play in first place.
Sure if you like kids games with PS2 graphycs.
I'm 54.
I have been playing video games since they were practically invented, starting with playing a black and white Tank game in a Pizza restaurant when I was 8 in the late 70s.
As a kid, my parents used to take me to arcades and let me play for hours. I was there in the early 80s during the golden age of arcades. I fell in love with those games, as they were all about gameplay and innovation (not the gimmicky laser disk games). I continued playing arcade and console games as I grew up. Odyssey, Atari 2600, Colecovision, Commodore 64, PC, Atari 7800, NES, Gameboy, Lynx, Super NES, Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, Neo Geo, Jaguar, 3DO, PlayStation, Virtual Boy, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2 XBOX, GameCube, GBA, DS, PSP, Neo Geo Pocket Color, PS3, 360, Vita, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Switch, Xbox One, PS4, etc.....
I started hardcore collecting in 1993 and I still have my collection.
In the late 80s, I made my own video games on my Commodore 64, too.
Games started jumping the shark after the PS3 and 360, and they went off into tangents. I began to lose interest in most of them.
I play emulators and build PCs and video game consoles, now. I am developing arcade machines, too.
I am also developing my own games.
The most modern game that I played and really got into was Breath of the Wild on the Switch, which is awesome. I hated Tears of the Kingdom, however.
Now, I play what most would call "retro" games, especially arcade games. The future isn't graphics and trying to make games like movies to tell a story. The future is the past, with games, such as older arcade games, that were all about gameplay.
I hope that the video game industry crashes. They don't make video games anymore, and it deserves to crash.
I have the games that I want to play. I also make them.
If you can't make a video game by yourself or with a small team, they may not be worth it, as it would be a case of diminishing returns.
In the next few years, gamers will use A.I. to make the games that they want to play (or learn to code or use development tools). They will also make their own consoles.
14:22 day 1 patches started out as a way to deter people from pirating games on PC. Get your cracked copy, but then a day 1 patch fixes things and you already have to download a patch, because the base game without the patch was unbeatable in some fashion. Now it’s more of a standard excuse for “we are fixing this thing we didn’t spend enough money on making cause we spent tooooo much money on commercials”
should be why the 9th generation for MS and Sony aren’t that exciting because Nintendo has had a very good 9th generation with the Switch
Never regretted moving to PC after the 360. Left on a high note.
360 = GOAT
@@DM-qd7gw nah. That period when Microsoft abandoned the 360 because they started working on the xbox1 was bad taste although the 360 was definitely great.
@@playablynot as great as the PS3 though 🤷♂️🤷
Enjoy GTA VI on your PC... Oh, wait!
@@amazingamazigh1538 the ps3 got good toward the end of the generation once Xbox started moving forward with the Xbox one. But for the vast majority of the gen 360 was dominating.
What’s messed up, is Nintendo has remembered this, which is why the Switch is fucking crushing
Yeah who would have thought Nintendo is the only vg console manufacturer this gen that actually has consistent first party vg releases? lol
To an extent, Mario wonder was amazing but peach showtime and tears of the kingdom were major letdowns
42:10 “were never gonna get this back. it’s gone. it’s never gonna come back”
guess i’ll die 🤷🏻♀️
Sadly but true.
I'm really enjoying Nintendo Switch. Everytime I bring it to a party where no one plays games, they end up enjoying it even more than I do. And my wife who has never played a game, loves watching me play Zelda and Animal Crossing and even Mario 3D World. I feel like it's not just mine it's for all of my family and friends to enjoy with me and I never feel isolated.
It all goes downhill when they try to bring pc experience to console. High graphics, more patches fixes, fiddling with updates and upgrades. This is why the Nintendo traditional model kick their ass. Console has always been , slide in the disc and cartridge and play. We can get back , look for technology that works like that - don’t be pc about it.
PC just makes more sense this Gen. 6th and 7th gens were just magical. Probably never see anything like it again.
Perhaps if your xbox owner but playstation still have a pletra of games only available on the box.
@@stewarde17 Not many games that haven't already been ported or will be to PC.
@@rodriguezkev perhaps 4-10 years later and by that time there will be another list of games that can't be played on pc
@@stewarde17 All their big ip's are already on PC apart from Gran Turismo. Sony are porting their games as quick as they can for much needed revenue.
Played on PC for 8 years. Got tired of upgrades. Got tired of games not working at first attempt, WHICH STILL HAPPENS. DrDisrespect has a few recent videos where he goes ballistic because he can't get the game to even launch and we have all felt what he hilariously displayed. Got tired of having 3 or 4 different game launchers. PC gaming is a continual pain in the ass.
It is fun for xbox and nintendo fans. PC fans have been estactic. Lets call it what it is . Its not fun for ps fans. But that does not mean it is bad for gaming. IJS
This guy hated on everything Xbox related in the end, I wish Destin would have called it out. I believe it's because he's trying to work with the guy.
Why buy consoles, my thought two years ago, I've already jumped to PC and after tasting freedom I could never go back to a walled off garden. Also, games take too long to make because they are worried about realism instead of fun games. I think this is why the Switch 2 has taken so long to release, because the hardware is there, they need a solid software line up and they know it.
This is why Nintendo are killing it. They don't need hundreds of millions of dollars and teams of thousands to make their first party bangers, and Indies can run without being compared to AAA quality titles.
Nintendo just haven't fallen down the "Must shovel more and more time and money into every game" hole
70% of their output are remasters and remakes. They are part of the problem.
This only goes for their exclusives.
Forget trying to play any 3rd part game on the switch unless you want a horribly compromised experience
@@prodygIf that weren't the case, we would not have many more original games. They are actually plentiful already and Nintendo smply very good at spotting empty spaces that would be too small for an original game and pushing something in, while it also helps with retro demand.
Nobody speaks, because nobody wants to be banned.
I still remember the moment I first spoke to someone on Mech Assault 22 years ago.
Exactly. The world turned soft af.
I honestly think it depends on what games you are playing. I think there has been plenty of good games this generation and more are on the way. I think people need to broaden their horizons more and play different types of games across multiple platforms.
Because every big studio is trying to make the same thing. A shooter with a battle pass and microtransactions. Every month or 2 there is yet another free to play game trying to do what fortnite did in terms of success but ALWAYS fail to forget that fortnite started as a co-op survival game with building. It was original unique and creative FIRST and then it made a battle royale as an extra feature. They never even intended for the BR part of it to take off but it did because it already was a creative game before it even had pvp.
The generation isn't exciting because the games are not exciting. Consoles shouldn't go away, but they eventually will. Services like Game Pass, Nvidia GeForce and others will take over in time. Gaming PCs have also stepped it up as well.
If there is one thing this generation has well is improving the performance and experience of playing games in general.
You can play most games now at 4k 60fps with little to no load times, something the last console generation suffered hugely on.
PC ftw. A PC with a console like OS, but the ability to still switch to Windows, MacOS, Linux or SteamOS would be dope!
Im always gonna build Full Tower PCs, cause I like having room to build whatever I want and still have lots of airflow, but consoles bring gaming to the casuals in a more costly and digestible way to get them into the full PC experience.
People were getting banned for cussing out a kids that were calling everyone the N word. Even tho the games were rated M for mature. Ya know games not for kids. But even tho they had horrible parents that let them play those games those kids talked the most sh*t and got the most people banned even tho they started the little st battle. Little kids have ruined gaming end of story.
Burnt buns make the baker broke, bro.
As a PC gamer who gets Xbox titles Day 1 and can sail the high seas to circumvent the awful PSN requiremt to play PS games, I'm liking this generation so far
You're a PC gamer that's why you like this wack generation of downgraded PCs.
yea. this has been an awesome gen for PC gamers. we're getting everything.
Every Microsoft game on Steam requires an Xbox live login... why are you ok with one but not the other?
@@Manic_Panic You realize PSN was just breached today? this is why the network was down lol.
Love my PC, I work on it, watch movies and videos on it, play games on it, shop on it. I have two 50" monitors, 64gb Ram, x box controllers, Racing Sim Wheels, Flight Sticks. It does everything I want. I haven't bought a console since PS3. With Steam and GamePass I'm all set.
The PS3/360 era was insane. We got three Arkham games, three Uncharted games, two GTA's, Last of Us, three Maas Effects...Jesus.
I'm addicted to playing all the 5-10 year old games I missed that I can buy for a few dollars now.
Seriously. Do I want to spend 80 or 90 dollars for a game, or do I want 16-18 games for that same price? And not bad games either. Things like Dragon's Dogma, Witcher 3, Tales of Symphona, the batman arkham trilogy, and more all for about 5 dollars each.
Not to mention I feel like the older games respect my time more. Modern games aren't shy about creating problems to sell you the solution to. Whether it be microtransactions or DLC, I just don't feel like I'm buying the "full game" even if it's a few cosmetics they want to sell me (which I refuse to do because hey, look at those games I listed earlier I could buy with that money)
I decided to move back to PC in 2016-2018, largely because the consoles started moving away from physical anyway, and I learned controllers were easily usable on PC too, (which wasn't the case back when I last played pc games), took me a couple years before I bought the PC (YAY overinflated lockdown prices!)
My main reason for wanting to move to PC however wasn't the lack of physical games (which I now need to check to see if the physical copy even has the game on it) but rather the option to mod my games. More specifically I kept running into bad localization and excessive censorship at times, and I figured buying on PC at least gave me the option of getting a fanmade high fidelity translation, or uncensor the M rated game that was censored like it was for a G audience.
For me personally, nothing has really changed. I didn't play many games 20 years ago and I still don't play many today, but I can tell you one thing for sure. This is the first cycle where I can see myself play more than ever towards the end of it simply because games are becoming more cinematic and less "gamey" which usually breaks the immersion. So yeah, there is no definite answer. it's completely subjective
I think a big problem is a lot of games are not pick up and play anymore. Sports games, shooters, rpgs ect are not easily accessible for casual players. Less people turning into big fans of new games and more people sticking to the games they know because it’s a huge undertaking for a casual gamer to learn a new game just to become somewhat competent
Destin comparing Nintendo to Xbox and PlayStation is like comparing frozen pizza to a five-star restaurant. 😂
At least frozen pizza is affordable. 5 star resto foods stink. That’s what he meant. Prick
Yet that frozen pizza has more going for it because its fun.
Its because a big parts of studios game dev don't create games and universe with ideas in mind using their creativity anymore , Xbox and Sony just ask them that they need to do a hero shooter, a souls like, a horror game , a fps or other type of game just to have one to sell and touch a public
im mainly pc gamer but something has to be said for just kicking back on the couch after work n gaming on console
Its definitely a nice experience. when I get home I press the power button on my PC, steam loads up and I press play on my favorite game(s). All in the comfort of my recliner with the choice of a dualsense or xbox controller. 😂
@@TheWitch297 lol exactly😭🤣 ppl believe u can't do that on PC tho
Do console gamers not use the standby feature to catch updates? I have my PC that I leave powered off and still remember to launch Steam every now and again to catch updates. Also my buddy uses his DS5 Mic as a back up for work lmao.
Really though, I feel like every developer is too focused on large-scale multi-player games instead of Splinter Cell Chaos theory 2v2 type games
It's because they didn't cut off Xbox One nor Ps4 this whole generation.
Nicki Minaj in Call of Duty 😂😂😂 yeah they fell off haaaaaard.
I dont need Woke Cod in my life for sure.
Fall off means your game is dead, you’re losing money, and your studio is shutting down. Activism and COD is the exact opposite of that🤦🏾♂️ it’s top 2 in sells every year, a thriving community, and there making more money then ever before😂😂😂😂😂
@@tgreg9542 you must not've ever played Call of Duty 4 back on Xbox 360 Xbox Live. Can't even call people gay nowadays without getting permabanned. CoD in 2024 is absolute trash compared to what it was.
22:56 Those PNGs on your Home Screen will someday be delisted/gone when the store shuts down while discs last as long as they’re built to last
Almost nothing in this video applies to Nintendo Switch.
Destin, great video as always. One thing I disagree with though is that day one games should be completely flawless. Yes, for 70 dollars, they should be as bugfree as possible, but people have a VERY bad memory and remember games with rose tinted glasses. Games used to be buggy and unbalanced as HELL and it was on the player's shoulders to overcome those issues in lieu of fun. I still rock my 360 and old PC, go and pop in some of the older games, NFS Most Wanted from 2005, Kameo, Mafia 1, even older stuff, some of the older arcade games especially will blow your mind. Unfair mechanics, bugs aplenty, enemies headshot you through walls and corners, in racing when you escape the cops, "AI" rubberbands them forward, visual glitches, unbelievable difficulty spikes...
Games are supposed to be playable from start to finish and they're supposed to be FUN first and foremost. You've mentioned Halo MCC, I got the boxed version in 2014 at launch and played it from start to finish without issues, it was GREAT fun. Give me a buggy game any day if it's something I can't stop playing, rather than a polished but absolutely sterile game. People are too entitled these days, software is 10 times more complex than before and it's impossible to catch all bugs prior to real user testing. It's the big ass youtubers and game outlets who detect a couple of bugs and then quickly spread around the negativity which catches on like wildfire, which screws up many a game's reputation. People are so bored these days with variety that they start nitpicking every little bug under the sun.
Is easy to answer, developers trying to mix politics in a hobby that is a escape from reality, and before they say metal gear solid, the game is not about politics, is about patriotism and how warfare affects man, is about seeking peace but the game can never seek for an answer that doesnt involved conflict and shows that maybe humans will never fix their own problems because politics always find a way to put people against their own people or other cultures and countries.
On the topic of "not owning" physical games. There are a handful of games from the ps4 I know of that are fully on the disc and have never been updated. LEGO Marvel Superheroes and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I remember for the longest time the AC Ezio Collection was like that but they eventually did 1 update for it. It would be nice to have a list somewhere that has all the games that are on disc and don't need any updates to be fully playable.
The Golden Age of gaming was 2001-2011. There are still great games made like Elden Ring but as a whole the industry is not what it was.
Correction: golden age of gaming = the arcade days/Nes - 2011
What a great video on his part and good analysis and points made by you. This is a very important topic and hopefully there is change soon. Also, this is the first video I have watch of yours but I have seen your posts on twitter. I dont always agree but I think you do a great job speaking your mind and we need more of that.
If you're not excited by the new consoles you didn't try to play Cyberpunk on a PS4 like I did...
Agreed
yea some sort of propaganda goin over here... just in 2024 u got Rise of Ronin, Stellar Blade, Helldivers 2, Phantom Blade 0, FF7 Rebirth, Black Myth Wukong etc. i don't know wat these guys r on 😂
@@kill3rbyysightwukong isn't exclusives though and the others will eventually come over to PC too.
I was lucky(?) enough to secure a PS5 at launch. I played Cyberpunk on it and it was still pretty shitty. Can't imagine how it ran on PS4.
@@discod992 because at launch the game was a notorious mess even if the PS5/Series were alright for the most part tho
10:35 I never met anyone who smashed their TV, but my friends' wife broke her nose playing fishing on the Nintendo Wii. She got so into it that when she got a bite she snapped the Wiimote back to hook it and hit her self on the bridge of her nose, breaking it. She dropped to the floor screaming. We thought she was just having an over-dramatic hissy fit, as the fish got away for her 5th time, then we saw the blood, there was blood everywhere like a horror movie lol. Bless her lol. Nearly 2 decades later, it's still noticeable. But to this day she remains a hardcore gamer.
Because people expected something that isnt yet possible with modern hardware in a console form factor? Everyone expected 4k 120FPS and mind blowing graphics and I'm sorry to tell you but we dont have that kind of hardware at this price point yet and most likely wont have it for atleast another 10-15 years.
What good are those specs? I am happy woth my switch.
@@galacticwarlock2271Agree with your premise that theres no need for every game to chase the "realistic graphics" with a 5-6 year dev cycle... the games just needs to be good/fun to play...
Even though I generally do not like how most games play on the switch 😬. More to do with how performance and the controllers feel I think however.
If someone's definition of "having games" is _generation exclusive games_ (eg. SpiderMan2), they're gonna be disappointed going forward. Nowadays, game budgets are outta control, most publishers won't give up the opportunity selling to the huge install base of the previous gen. That's why we have a lo-fi version of Resident Evil 4R for the PS4/Xbox1 and a hi-fi version for the PS5/XsX. The same will happen to the next Xbox/PS6.
Wait... Ive LOVED this console generation. I still cannot believe Game Pass is a real thing i get to enjoy and when its gone im sure kids wont even believe im telling the truth about it.
Where's the source video?
ua-cam.com/video/EJxaIP8F3K8/v-deo.html
@@JuanM254 Thanks
I'm getting ads thrown at me on the PC too... Like every five minutes OR LESS... WATCHING THIS VIDEO. 🙄
People always shove Nintendo aside and say something like "they march to their own drum" or "they're playing a different game".
Personally, I think Nintendo is playing the exact same game as Xbox and Playstation: selling video games and game consoles.
They just have different (better) priorities, namely Art Direction and Unique gameplay concepts.
They don't focus on graphical fidelity because the games are already good without it.
my ps5 is basically a blu ray machine I use to watch physical media I don't have Netflix or any stream giants on my machine
so u basically not a gamer... just a wanna b gamer who don't know wat to play now... ok tell me wat games hv u played that now u r not finding any games to play??
my first encounter with 7th gen was with Bioshock, a game which really was a next gen title which would have been very difficult for the 6th gen console to reproduce fairly.
now I look at 9th gen and many 9th gen games are released on 8th gen console but also the underpowered Switch.
So im like why should i get a 9th gen console?
PC and Nintendo have gotten better while Sony and Microsoft have shit the bed. It's a pretty simple situation, really...
I’ve gone back to my old Nintendo consoles and the OG Xbox I’ve even bought a CRT after spending the past few years trying to get a good image quality from an lcd tv.
The wombo-combo of DEI and Lean 6 is killing the industry.
That point 8:12 : if it's easy to make games, then as many bad games are made, there should also be great games. Because now it's easy and talented artists can have a chance to make them
It's funny how he highlights the Wii, but omitted the Switch because it counters most of his points. I get it. He is really talking about Xbox and PS, so why bring up Nintendo at all?
This is why i never upgraded. I don't see why you would other than 30 more fps.
Ps5 has been amazing. There's enough games when you also have a full time job.
I know right! The drastically improved console performance has allowed me to tackle my backlog of games and i haven’t even touched Forbidden West, FF7 Rebirth and Stellar Blade yet because i simply don’t have the time.
It really does help when you don’t play games 24/7
I'm preferring the PSVR2 more then the PS5 atm.
VR experiences as a 80's kid is Awesomeness.
Not sure why so many Haters try lying about OUR actual Experiences and pretty neat we can play with Quest players. Interesting times since the atari and its awful lag delay 😆 i Definitely don't miss that at all.
Just Greatful to experience VR working properly before i pass, cuz we can die at anytime. Younger generations take everything for granted & even grown folks
The problem is enthusiasts are over exposed to 24 hour gaming news. Everything leaks. There are no surprises. Detox from this shit. Gaming is better than ever. A lot of AAA sucks but who needs them. There are a million amazing indie games. Companies like Capcom and Nintendo have never been better.
If you look at the Xbox 360 and remember Skyrim and GTA5, it's a big asset to development if they understand the architecture and technology base inside out and it shows in the game.
Now games are rushed because a generation is 6 years and a game takes 3 to 9 years depending on ambitions.
Tears of the kingdom and metroid prime 4 say it all being so late but just refined to death thanks to the mastery of the hardware......just in my opinion but the pattern is there If you look.
Sorry to hear that Sony and PS games aren't fun. Shrug. Graphics will never change that. Design changes that.
This generation suffered from a pandemic, console hoarding for profit, the Series S making development even more of a chore, and one that really hurt the Series X... Sony forcing console parity on developers. The later may sound stupid but imagine not being allowed to use all of a consoles potential
Can we stop with the Series S hate when the Xbone and PS4 are still getting games?
PC games are now just targeting the GTX 10 Series and AMD Ryzen 1st gen as minimum specs.
Like I know eventually it will be holding it back, but low end PCs are just as culpable.
Not to mention that the race for graphic fidelity is one of the biggest cost increases for these games. While Nintendo is still making bank on the switch that's got decade old hardware at this point.
I'm willing to have a discussion on the drawbacks of low hardware as long as we look at the whole of low end hardware. And we can't have that if we pretend the Series S is the culprit.
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion but I think social media influencers on places like UA-cam make gaming seem terrible . Negativity sells . Is the industry perfect ? No . But I can tell you as one who grew up poor the things we have access to now is amazing . Free to play games , cross play , subscription services , publicity for indie games etc . Handheld gaming pc’s.,Games should be working on release , but we get free patches ! FREE PATCHES. back in the day , if a game was messed up you needed to wait for a re release . There’s good games and bad games . People just don’t remember the bad old ones .
Completely agree. There are plenty of great games to play, too many to fit into a measly 24 hour day. The "problem" is people like to make and watch whiny youtube videos complaining about stuff. Just go and play some games already.
Good point. But the excitement has been lost.
I have a PS5 and an XSX. I haven't turned on my Xbox since mid 2023. My PS5 has been a streaming box since January of this year.
I dont know if I will be getting the successor of either console when they inevitably come out.
No PC could or would ever replace my Switch, point blank.
Lol Nintenkiddy👶
My PC is a better switch 😆
Your right. No PC hardware is weak enough to do that. If you don't think a PC handheld could do everything a switch can do better, aside from paying bloated Nintendo prices, your living in ignorance.
@@brettlivingston595 I've been playing switch games on my phone 😆
Switch really has its strong points.
I play on many consoles (Sega MegaDrive mini, PS2, PS3, PS4, Xbox One X, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Wii and Switch) and on PC though not as much nowadays than before because there's so much other things to do than play some games.
Work, exercise, play sports, meet friends, going into venues, watching movies/series etc.
And of course sleep.
If I’m being honest , in my series x all I’m playing is old games I missed out on but with next gen upgrades.
Metro
Fallouts
Elder scrolls
Souls games
Diablo 2
The only next gen experiences I’ve had were with my switch if I’m being completely
Honest. I’m slowly gravitating towards just owning a pc and Nintendo consoles going forward .
Too much realism is why this console generation sucks and is one of the reasons why i chose Nintendo Switch over PlayStation and Xbox and won’t be coming back.
I bought a PS5 Slim disc edition. I had to download updates to register the disc drive to be able to play the physical game I bought at the same time.
I think the fact that we are still holding onto the prior gen is keeping innovation back.
That’s not the issue the issue is investors want a certain game and the funds to make one is up to them
@@droid4d279 that’s not the issue? You are saying that they are still making cross gen 4 years into a consoles lifecycle…. Is not a problem? I’ve been around for every single console refresh known to man and this is a first. New consoles aren’t selling well because they keep making games for the old systems, thus there is no incentives for billy Bob to pluck down cash for non existent system seller games.
I think people are expecting the same wonder they had when they were kids, in life this rarely happens
It is because the big game studios are creatively bankrupt. Nintendo is towing the line in addition to indie devs.
Back when the Wii came out I still had a box tv if I did throw the controller at the tv on accident it would have bounced back and hit me 😂 those tvs were tough
The internet made developers not worry about making a complete product
I don't understand why people don't talk about price? (years on xbox) I spent 1300 on a MSI 1080p ultra graphics, high frame rate laptop. But only 1080 at ultra. (4060) There's not a lot of extra games on the pc, the Sony games on the pc I've played are ok but nothing game changing. The series s with the full Xbox game pass should be selling like hot cakes because of the price??? its all politics and moaning. Xbox should of won the gen but people too busy moaning. I really like my pc mind as I do other stuff as it a pc. I sold my series x and still have my series s under my tv. My m8 at the work bought a ps5 and after being on xbox for years was disappointed, he agreed with me, its just politics, the xbox is a better product for the price.
12:21 it’s not the same experience I like to go in blind
If something doesn’t hook u at first sometimes u gotta be patient with things
Games consulting companies like Sweet Baby are destroying traditional game design. There aren't modern audiences, just modern creators who make games for themselves instead of the customers who purchase the games. Now studios are closing left and right.
between the 20 year olds and woman, idk who destroyed gaming the worse
It's videos like this. Gamers are saying this Gen sucks. There's constantly videos like this. I feel like there aren't any real gamers anymore. I'm I the only one seriously playing games
Same here, haven’t stopped at all this gen(didn’t stop last gen either)
Seriously, lotta people that say they're gamers are tourists. I've been enjoying this generation both on my PS5, Xbox, and Laptop.
There's games but nothing sticking. Its like saying there's a lot of food to eat but its mostly snacks like potato chips, popcorn and pretzels.
@@mr_m4613 Elden ring is huge, helldivers was huge, cyber punk is huge, forza horizon 5 is huge, there’s plenty more.
@@TheBean87 the problem is all those games were shelved after like 2 months, nobody is playing those games now.
So Destin, sure you are talking about MS xbox, cause PS5 just released way more quality games this gen and exclusives too. Even Stellar Blade a second party game Sold more than hellblade 2, redfall and pentiment all together.
Yeah, this is definitely not an opinion I share. This generation has been *great* for me so far! 😂😂 🤷🏾♂️
Fully agree, been having a blast since day one.
glad you’re enjoying it but it still doesn’t even touch the previous two gens
It is great but the point is that there are still no games lol both great consoles but there isn’t enough content on either.
I agree
💯 agree. 3rd party is killing it so far. We got Elden Ring, GTA6 and DBZ is around the corner, Black Myth, BG3, Stellar Blade, Hi-Fi Rush, Hell Divers 2, AW2, Perfect Dark, etc. We eating good.
I can't imagine complaining about the number or quality of games coming out right now. The last few years have seen so many incredible games. I wish gamepass was a thing back on the 360 when I was in college and could only afford a few games per year.
Until console makers innovate, do things, new things that are a reason to secure a console. Think way outside the box. When a gamer looks at a device and says "I can't do this anywhere else" consoles will sell again.
agreed
I.E.: steam deck
Valve should do something similar to nintendo
@@fadercreekhow ?
@@amazingamazigh1538 they already have the steamdeck and own steam just make a dock and controllers
34:06 The PS5 has a mic in the controller. Doesn't come with an actual headset though