Brent gives his thoughts on Generation 9 of gaming and why he believes Gen 9 sucks and the current state of gaming as a whole. Between large scale acquisitions, games being released in unfinished states, and lots of industry layoffs, Gen 9 of gaming has left much to be desired.

What are your current thoughts on the state of gaming and generation 9?

00:00 Intro
00:47 November 2020: Gen 9 Begins
02:09 2021
03:38 2022
06:33 2023
13:43 Patches
14:34 Industry Acquisitions
18:34 Industry Layoffs
20:39 Ransomware Attacks
21:01 Production Costs
23:21 Wrapping It Up

A couple of clarifications:

I indicated that Returnal was a third party game due to the fact that at the time of its release, Sony hadn't acquired Housemarque yet.

Also in regard to PlayStation's first party line up, or lack thereof, I'm well aware that PlayStation has quite a few exclusives coming in 2024, but their first party studios have yet to announce anything of note.

A viewer brought it to my attention that along with Halo Infinite being released in 2021 Forza Horizon 5 also came out that year.

The recently acquired Firewalk Studios will be releasing concord, for PS5 and PC in 2024.

I have been made aware that the Switch is what kicked off Gen 9.

Thanks to Jeremiah from @dudeletschat for helping with some script revisions.

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