First things first, this is my first blog, so please excuse any ineptitude that may or may not manifest itself. This is something I've been thinking about for a while, and I wondered what others thought about this issue.

Recently, I've been thinking of the current crop of consoles as being pretty dissapointing. With the GC/PS2/XBOX cycle, I could name at least 1 game a month I was really interested in, whereas this generation, it seems to be more like 1 game every 4 months.

Looking at the releases for the current cycle, I'm a little underwhelmed. For the PS3, the only game I'm truly hyped is Metal Gear Solid 4 (before anyone flames me, I'm sure that if I had a PS3, I could find some more games I would want, this is just the only PS3 that really appeals to atm). For the X360, things like Dead Rising and Bioshock look cool, but the rest seems to be a pile of generic 15/18-rated first person shooters (again, feel free to correct me!). And for the Wii, well... need I go there? Aside from fairly rare gems like No More Heroes, Okami, and Zack and Wiki, I'm stuck relying on re-iterations of Nintendo's tried-and-tested first-party titles. There seems to be an almost criminal lack of true innovation this generation, or, if there some innovation, the game turns out to be shite in almost every other aspect.

Now, I'm aware that these consoles still have a few years left in them, and I'm hoping that I'm proved wrong, but lately, I'm far more satisfied with my Gamecube and PS2, and hunting down over-looked gems I may have missed the first time around. For example, I could sit and play MGS3 all day, replaying it over and over, and not get bored of it. I can't really say the same of any of the latest games (aside from how MGS4 is shaping up :P).

So, D-toid, what's your opinion of the current crop?