7 Reasons Why People Are Giving Up On Gaming

5. This Console Generation Is Disappointing

Call it the ramifications of the pandemic; call it a complete lack of planning on Microsoft's part to not spend the back half of the Xbox One's lifecycle generating eye-catching exclusives - the current console generation has failed to wow the masses, at least in conversation.

Thanks to a lack of first or third-party titles worth buying the systems for, it doesn't help the case for investment than Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7 and even upcoming God of War Ragnarok are on PS4, with Xbox's flagship Halo Infinite still running impressively on original Xbox One hardware.

Though there are enough amongst the masses to snatch up a PS5 for the sake of it, it's hard to justify forking out so much money for a better frame rate, higher resolution or better vibration in a controller.

On the Xbox side too, we're yet to get a single "Xbox Series X|S exclusive" - an idea that in itself, feels deceptive. How can Xbox ever fully play to their strongest system's strengths, if they also have a marketing need to factor in a system more comparable to high-end hardware from the close of the last generation?

As for the Switch, Nintendo's hybrid wonder-machine is dominating sales charts thanks to a handful of polished exclusives and a great indie lineup, but Nintendo themselves are selling us less and less game day one. Mario Tennis Aces, Mario Golf: Super Rush and Mario Strikers: Battle League all dropped with the barest amount of content, seeing Nintendo release what would actually be worth full price in the following months and years to come.

Combined, you have a "new console feel" that means people are justifying exorbitant amounts of buy-in on frame rates and resolutions, not game design or any real mechanical improvement.