Why This Console Generation Isn't Exciting - Destin Reacts

I'm incredibly lucky to be 40 and have lived through gaming history.

Huge thanks for reacting to the video Destin. I'm glad you liked it!

It feels like games these days are made for celebrities and twitch streamers, instead of regular gamers.

I do think most AAA developers have lost sight of the 'fun'. Graphics are pretty and all but they are ultimately pointless.

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 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

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

This is why Nintendo are winning.

owning the disc means your owning a tanglible asset that you can sell,trade,take to your friends house etc not worthless at all.

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!🤦🏽‍♂️

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The biggest issue for this gen is how long games take to make.

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 :)

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

42:10 “were never gonna get this back. it’s gone. it’s never gonna come back” guess i’ll die 🤷🏻‍

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.

I love the Series X generation so far, far better than the Xbox One imo.

Nobody speaks, because nobody wants to be banned. I still remember the moment I first spoke to someone on Mech Assault 22 years ago.

It's felt like being strung along in a bad relationship, and we keep looking back on how great things used to be.

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