I\'m not saying the Playstation didn\'t have shitty games. But it seemed like it ceartinly had less on it. Or maybe I was just younger and didn\'t notice.
No big deal to me. I don\'t own a console of any generation anymore. I only put cash into the PC now.
I think you feel that way because on the PS1 many new titles appeared, which were also helped by the fact that for the first time developers could express more with 3D (or better technology) for the first time.
Wipeout, GT, Tekken, Toshinden (the original), Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot, Soul Edge, F1, Ridge Racer, Suikoden, Xenogears, vagrant Story, Resident Evil etc all these game captured the hearts of gamers because they had some qualities.
Some of them were new, others unique, others much better than what was offered before etc
Playstation was full of new quality games that never existed before and games that were leaps beyond their old 2D incarnations. Playstation was a heaven of games.
But developers (mainly Publishers) reused again and again and again what these examples offered, for easy money, they made people tired of them and they wont care as long as there are people that buy them. Also because costs increase they dont want to bother with new titles.
Just check the type of these games and how many of them have number 4 and beyond on their titles today. We get sequels every year and reusage of the same old ideas, while sacrificing anything related to artistic quality and better execution.
We get countless of FPS, shooters based on WW2 and fighting "terrorists" on 360 and PS3, and shallow games on Wii. All highly scored, popular and successful.
The problem arent shitty games (all consoles had a ton of them. Even the consoles that hardcore gamers praise). Its the kind of games that are considered popular, the top of the banch and of quality.
Fortunately there are some developers who do offer new and original games but they are lost in the masses of the other shallow but "popular" games
