It’s safe to say that Sony’s Playstation Meeting did not live up to most of the hype that we created ourselves. To be honest, they could’ve tweeted their announcements and still had the same effect. But hey, new consoles announcements are something we all get excited about. Even if it was leaked long before the event. But now that the Playstation Meeting is over we know what consoles we will probably have until the end of this generation (minus the Scorpio). Looking at the specs of the Xbox One S and Playstation 4 Pro it made me think: Now these are “next gen” consoles. They make the original PS4 and Xbox One look like… placeholders.

The Original Xbox One & PS4 Were Outdated at Launch

I’m aware that no console is future-proof, that’s the point of PC gaming. 4K is something that Sony & Microsoft should’ve made happen in some capacity from day one. Sony is able to get upscaled 4K in the PS4 Pro for the same price as the original PS4. Microsoft is able to get 4K video streaming for $200 less than the original Xbox One. Sure we’ve had some gorgeous PS4 & XB1 games but now that we are going to begin getting console games in 4K I think we will finally get blown away by the visuals of quite a few titles.

The argument of, “Well shouldn’t the PS3 Slim and Xbox 360 Slim been the consoles we got at launch last generation?” Well, no. Those two systems were improvements of what had already completely blown us all away with the PS3 & Xbox 360.

What Did Happen in 2013

I’m aware that last console generation went on for too long but for a generation that went on for too long, the Xbox One & PS4 still seemed very rushed. It seems like we were all focused more on the two prices and the hype of finally getting two brand new consoles rather than actually questioning the hardware itself. Sony & Microsoft rushed their consoles to market and the hardware was outdated immediately. A lot of the games we’re seeing have visuals that are extremely close to what we saw last generation.

Are You Sure It’s Not The Games?

So far this generation has been extremely… meh. I honestly think most of it is due to the hardware but some of it is the software. We all seem to still be waiting for that one game to completely blow us away on all fronts. We’ve hyped up many titles since 2013 and the majority of them have disappointed us and we quickly throw them to the side.

I put most of that blame on ourselves. We consistently find at least one thing wrong with a game and immediately discredit it. I’m not saying everyone does this but it definitely seems like a large amount of gamers live to just troll games. Believe me, I’m the first person to get on a developer for shipping a broken game and then planning on patching it in the future. Or charging $60, shipping half a game, and then asking us to pay for the DLC for the full experience. Those two things combined with the early games that were honestly disappointing are the reasons why I think a lot of gamers are jaded this console generation.

If Sony & Microsoft would’ve found a way to make the PS4 Pro and Xbox One S the consoles that launched back in 2013 I think all of us would be much more satisfied with this current console generation.