10 Reasons Everyone's Giving Up On Next-Gen Consoles
9. There's Nothing New And Creative
As established as they may seem, the heavy-hitting franchises like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed, and Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, and Gears of War were all new a generation ago. They felt like a fresh start for a new generation, until most of them were run into the ground with annualised releases. The generation prior, we had properties like Prince of Persia and Jak and Daxter, and with the next generation, those titles were more or less replaced with something fresh. As the latest E3 opened up with yet another iteration of Call of Duty, it's not hard to see why people are getting bored of consoles. Characters like Sack Boy, Nathan Drake, Marcus Phoenix, and Ezio Auditore spearheaded the last generation. At the time, they were something new, and although plenty of PlayStation 2 series saw sequels on then next-gen hardware, the industry as a whole felt less afraid of trying new things, something that's hard to say now.
Ken was born in 1994, and before the turn of the century, he was already a gamer for life, starting with Pokémon Blue Version. He has a passion for storytelling, especially in the gaming medium. Growing up on a healthy diet of JRPGs and point and click adventure games, young Kenny grew up playing Nintendo and Sony consoles, before becoming a snobby member of the PC Master Race. Nowadays, he resides in a time warp, refusing to believe the nineties ended as he fills up his Steam library with old point and clicks and cRPGs.
