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Big Things:

1. Lack of AAA titles that do something different.
2. Too much hand holding
3. How close review websites are to companies.

Smaller things that don't effect gaming itself as much:

1. Proprietary Hardware ($80 32GB card, $120 250GB hard drive)
2. Region Locking (Stupid Wii/3DS/Xbox)
3. Lack of localization on JRPGs or JPN games.
4. Square pushing FFXIII games down our throat instead of KHIII or Versus.
5. The rising popularity of "set piece" games like Uncharted.

1. Nintendo - I was happy to see Nintendo reach the top after 2 generations in last place but the quality of their releases this generation was laughably bad. For all the talk of innovation and new gaming capabilities, the Wii was full of casual garbage and regular garbage. Plus, their online play was awful. Although the DS is my 2nd favorite console this generation, I would still rank Nintendo the biggest disappoint of this gneeration because of how bad the Wii has been.

2. Xbox 360 hardware - The 360 has great games and is a great system. But it's the most unreliable console I've ever had (yes, including the NES). I had to get my original system repaired three times before MS broke the drive tray which wasn't covered under the warranty. Plus, the cost of their HDDs and wi-fi adapters was ludicrous. I'm glad they finally fixed everything with the S model, but damn, they took their sweet time.

3. Mass Effect 3's original ending - Spending over 90 hours over 3 games, I was expecting something more climactic than "door 1, door 2 or door 3?". And I was expecting to see an ending that was longer than 2 minutes. ME3 was a great game until the final part and the ending. The revised ending was "better" but the memories have already been ruined.

4. Sony's constant blunders - Sony what had mattered this generation: the games. The PS3 had the best exclusives this generation. The PS3 itself, is an awesome machine. But Sony just couldn't stop doing stupid shit: their initial arrogance, high hardware price, poor updating system, removing features and poor security.

5. DLC - It was a great concept, to be able to play new stories within games you love. Too bad it mostly turned into a money grab.

Originally Posted by Nico8912 My Xbox 360 breaking 6 times in the course of the first 5 years of it's life cycle.

Yeah I love my PS3. Not sure why anyone would buy a 360 given that it is total crap hardware.

Originally Posted by camoor Yeah I love my PS3. Not sure why anyone would buy a 360 given that it is total crap hardware.

The original, sure, but at least they fixed them for free. I had a YLOD PS3 for the better part of a year until I decided to bite the $130 Sony bullet to fix their junk system.

Not a single issue with the Slim 360.

Originally Posted by buffdrew84 Not enough original IP's. Probably like this with every generation but I feel like everything that comes out is like the 7373726 iteration of call of duty

Little Big Planet
Uncharted
Heavy Rain
Dead Space
Heavenly Sword
WiiSports
Boom Blox
Zack & Wiki
De Blob
Epic Mickey
Mad World
Lost Winds
Little Kings Story
No More Heroes
Dead Rising
Gears of War
Left 4 Dead
Alan Wake
Condemned
Bioshock
Borderlands
Rock Band
Assassin's Creed
Mirror's Edge
Batman: Arkham series
Portal
Red Dead Redemption
Split/Second
Mass Effect
WiiWare: Cave Story, Bit Trip, World of Goo, etc.
PSN: Flower, Eden, Echochrome, Journey, the Last Guy, etc.
XBLA: Splosion Man, Shadow Complex, Walking Dead, Braid, Castle Crashers, Limbo, etc.


That's a lot of original IP to get through in one generation along with the sequels and rehashes.

Originally Posted by camoor Yeah I love my PS3. Not sure why anyone would buy a 360 given that it is total crap hardware.

Just comes down to games. I have both, but use the 360 more as I like Halo and Gears of War etc. more than the PS3 exclusives (though there are some good ones, and I'm glad I eventually got a PS3). I also like the 360 controller a lot more, and have friends/family that game on 360 and none with PS3s, so anything I want to play online I get on 360 as I won't game with randoms.

I've had decent luck with hardware too compared to most. My original 360 died (RROD) just outside the 3 year warranty. But I've had my slim model for over 2 years with no problems at all. Only big gripe I had with MS was how they treated me when my Live account was hacked last fall. That pissed me off and, I actually traded in my 360 to get the PS3 last winter. But they eventually made it right and sent me a new console and some games for free. I still played the PS3 mainly for a few months out of spite, but have shifted back to 360 lately with Skyrim over the summer (PS3 version doesn't run as well) and Borderlands 2 since September (friends/family play on that platform).

Originally Posted by Corvin The original, sure, but at least they fixed them for free. I had a YLOD PS3 for the better part of a year until I decided to bite the $130 Sony bullet to fix their junk system. Not a single issue with the Slim 360.

Should be enough of a disappointment for all that we can actually have debates over whose hardware was shoddier. Between yellow lights, red rings, and cracked hinges, it wasn't a good generation for early adopters.

I don't know if I can say these are my biggest disappointments for this console generation, but they do come to mind as disappointments. I'm also including portables as a console.

Nintendo:
-3DS XL + DS Lite + Gameboy Advance SP = Stronger hinge/louder speakers for the 3DS XL and a GBA port to play all DS / Gameboy games and accessories.
I would probably pay $200 for a 3DS XL if it had a GBA port built-in.
-I am kind of surprised that Nintendo didn't release an official adapter that lets you use your NES/SNES/N64/Sega Genesis controllers to connect to your wiimote for the Virtual Console. The classic controller was great and all, but didn't have the old school feel.

Sony:
-External UMD drive for the Vita or the PSP Go. It wouldn't be portable, but it would be nice to have the option.
-External PS2 component to let you play PS2 games again on current models of the PS3.
-PSP 1000/2000/3000 no official bluetooth support so you could use your PS3 controller with A/V out. I know it would probably be bulky. I'm enjoying my PSP Go and a pair of bluetooth headphones.

Microsoft:
-Accessory prices for hard drives, steering wheels, and wireless network adapters. (I have an Elite 360 and refuse to pay so much for a wireless N adapter. I run a 100 ft ethernet cable just to make up for it.)
-Hardware problems (I have never experienced this, but have heard enough from so many. Hoping my system makes it to the next generation, if not I'm out. May just get a 4GB S model just for the exclusives and slap in my 120 GB drive in it.)
--System failures and unreliable rechargeable battery packs. I hope to find a lithium ion battery pack or continue to use rechargeable AA batteries.

Corvin....

I didn't say there weren't ANY original IP's but..... a lot of those you listed are just ok, lets be honest here.

but, agreed on Uncharted (which has sequels now, along with many of those you mentioned), walking dead and limbo!

SOCOM 4 was a huge dissapointment.

Originally Posted by Playstation4LyFE SOCOM 4 was a huge dissapointment.

Yes it was, so bad it killed off Zipper Interactive.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 Just comes down to games. I have both, but use the 360 more as I like Halo and Gears of War etc. more than the PS3 exclusives (though there are some good ones, and I'm glad I eventually got a PS3). I also like the 360 controller a lot more, and have friends/family that game on 360 and none with PS3s, so anything I want to play online I get on 360 as I won't game with randoms. I've had decent luck with hardware too compared to most. My original 360 died (RROD) just outside the 3 year warranty. But I've had my slim model for over 2 years with no problems at all. Only big gripe I had with MS was how they treated me when my Live account was hacked last fall. That pissed me off and, I actually traded in my 360 to get the PS3 last winter. But they eventually made it right and sent me a new console and some games for free. I still played the PS3 mainly for a few months out of spite, but have shifted back to 360 lately with Skyrim over the summer (PS3 version doesn't run as well) and Borderlands 2 since September (friends/family play on that platform).

Oh yeah, I always wanted to play Halo, Alan Wake, and the new Culdcept. But that's all I missed, and those titles alone are not enough for me to get an Xbox.

LOL @ the guy who called the PS3 a "junk system" in comparison to Xbox. Really dude, are you that divorced from reality?

For what it's worth my first PS3 (2009 black friday bundle) YLOD on me after the first 30 minutes.

Exchanged it for a replacement PS3 which has been going strong for 3 years now.

In comparison, my winter 4 year old (2008) 360 and my newer slim 360 have never RROD on me once. No problems whatsoever with my 5+ year old Wii.

This should come as no surprise but I think the PS3 is awesome. I have nitpicks like everyone else, and I would like more DLC specials, but I really think it is an awesome console.

We'll be lucky if the next gen of consoles is half as good as the PS3 was.

360 hardware failures has to be #1, with hardware failures in general coming up pretty close behind it.

In the XBox's case, it's unacceptable that it took as long as it did for them to get it under control - and the main reason I won't be buying their next thing until other people are the guinea pigs. On an overall games + user experience level, it was the best console of the generation. That said, they've gotten arrogant and sloppy in the past 2 years so I hope Sony or Nintendo knocks them on their ass and makes them work a little harder next time around. They definitely need to be humbled, just like MS & Nintendo did to Sony when they got arrogant and sloppy at the beginning of this generation.

Other stuff that bugged me, both major and minor - Season passes & DLC in general getting ing stupid in the last few years, the Wii losing any and all appeal to me after having one for less than a year, XBL increasing in price by 10 bucks and then shitcanning 1 vs 100, Blu-Ray winning the format war, the 360 taking years to put an HDMI port on their consoles, advertisements on paid services like XBL, Activision accelerating the demise of rhythm games by pumping out a dozen music games a year, the 360 abandoning the Vision camera in favor of Kinect, and then Kinect sucking ass, Metallica doing a GH game instead of a Rock Band game, the XBox's custom soundtrack integration not being nearly as good as the XBox 1's, mediocre d-pad on the 360 controller when the rest of the thing was awesome, Burnout Paradise & Rock Band 3 not being incredibly huge successes when both were more than deserving, no MGS4 on the 360, Def Jam Rapstar shutting down their video upload/community servers and stopping DLC releases after like 6 months, Crackdown 2 being garbage compared to the excellent first game, & the free Burger King games being kind of crappy.

Originally Posted by JasonTerminator Oh, cool! Where's the UMD port? I can't seem to find it!

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Originally Posted by TheLongshot The lack of quality JRPGs.

This is the first thing to come to mind. Compare to the previous gen and it's beyond disappointment and becomes utterly depressing.

Honestly, the only thing that really disappointed me was the lack of a true, 3D Pokemon RPG for the Wii.

Well nevermind, now that I think about it, SWTOR was pretty pathetic and had so much potential. Looking back, they should've just made KOTOR 3. It would've been better.

Originally Posted by GhostShark Honestly, the only thing that really disappointed me was the lack of a true, 3D RPG for the Wii.

Wait, what?

It's because Wii doesn't have 3D glasses.

Whoops! Edited. I shall never post from my phone again.