Next-Gen Gaming? Where?

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So it goes without saying November 2005 - November 2013, proved to be a span of some great gaming in the lives of many. All things considered... the Red Ring of Death for the Xbox 360, the Yellow Light of Death for PS3, the hacked accounts, whereby secure consumer account information was leaked, the odd glitches, overhyped games, both consoles proved to be successful throughout their market relevancy. 

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Some of my personal faves from both consoles, which managed to keep me engaged, and enthralled in their respective story-lines included: the Drake: Unchartered trilogy, The Last of Us, Bioshock 2, Tomb Raider (a much needed reboot, which proved to be my game of the generation), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the one off FIFA, Red Dead Redemption, Gears of War 3, the God of War franchise (barring the sheer rubbish that was GOW: Ascension), and Fable 2.

Here we are, now in the new age of the PS4 and Xbox One, both released in November 2013, 2 years later, reflecting on what's been defined as the "Next-Gen" stage, yet I find myself pondering just how valid this quote is. 

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E3 has always been a platform whereby developers and the major players in the video game industry are able showcase soon-to-be release products or services. 2013 was nothing but hype with the showdown of finally new consoles being released in the market, yet I for one played the waiting a game, a year to be exact, until law behold, the shock of it all, a white PS4, with the long spoken about Destiny, included, as a bundle. Oh why not indeed, right?

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Needless to say, here I am, months later, around $700 out of pocket in total, also down to the fact I was one of those clowns who rushed out and bought a new 1.5TB hard drive, replacing the installed 500GB drive, very much regretting my purchase. 

Thus far this wave of next-gen gaming has been nothing but overhyped madness. Games like the much hyped and talked about Watchdogs, Destiny, Assassin's Creed: Unity, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, Killzone: Shadowfall, Battlefield 4, Farcry 4, FIFA 15, NBA2K15, have been nothing more than glitch-ridden flops, coming under their fare share of scrutiny, many of these games have even been pushed back on their initial release dates. The fact that companies like Ubisoft have had to compensate consumers for unfinished products says a lot.

As it stands, my PS4 pretty much shares the same verdict as my PS3 - a stand alone Netflix player. SONY had one thing right in their ad campaigns leading up to the launch - "Greatness Awaits." Well... I'm  STILL waiting.