What's the best Eighth generation console?

[Blayt7hh]

aside from the least viable competition ever, why? xbox shat the bed way worse and the switch is basically a handheld - so niche it's not really competition.

imo, consoles moved away from what they did well (uniform systems, pop in a game and immediately play, local multiplayer) and ended up playing against the PC's strengths (needing to add drives, playing online, constant updates) - and the games were lazier than ever (mostly remakes/reboots or cheap indie games that are all basically moot as metrics).

the best games included... ps3 games (gtav, tlou), reboots, and remakes/remasters. and by included, i mean... were mostly. i can give a lot of credit for bloodborne (and remove credit for konami releasing mgsv without finishing it) and there are a handful of other games that were decent... but overall, i think it was easily the worst console generation.

Actually .. agree with most of this. I think you’re downplaying some of the ps4 exclusives but otherwise yeah. Kind of thinking that there may not be a reason for me to get a console this generation, especially if Sony does start releasing its exclusives on pc

 

[Pittie Petey]

Killer Instinct has really been the lone XBone exclusive I've really played and it was pretty good, prob the most underrated fighter of its era tbh.

Have Crackdown 3 and ReCore buried in my backlog despite mixed reviews because they still look kinda cool. But yeah, PS4 really seemed to have quite a slate even though I haven't played any of them, looking forward to playing them whenever I get a PS5 or just get a PS4 on the cheap if I go the Series X route

You should really play Crackdown 3, that game is insanely fun, just way too short

ReCore started out fun but I put it down one day and never picked it back up, cant remember if it got boring or I just lost interest

 

[GearSolidMetal]

PS4 is the weakest Playstation as far as exclusives, but compared to all the other recent consoles it's far far better.

Goes to show how dominant PC Gaming has become.

 

[mmascene]

PS4

 

[kyokugen86]

I don't if the 3DS is an 8th generation, but it gets my vote for it's awesome library.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I only own one, so I have no idea.

The one with the Yakuza series on it...

 

[Prefect]

I own the Xbox One its play is now mostly limited to kinect games with the family. Xbox One never impressed me much compared to my PC on anything and I only got it for a few exclusives. I think the most fun of that generation for what they were was Nintendo Switch or 3DS.

 

[CubicleGangster]

Voted PS4 as I do not consider the Switch to be in the same generation. Switch came out in 2017. Everything else on the poll came out in 2011-2013.