Correction at the launch of the Dreamcast on 9/9/1999 . It launched with games like SoulCalibur Marvel vs. Capcom Sonic Adventures Crazy Taxi Hydro Thunder Mortal Kombat Gold and I can go on. The Dreamcast right out of the gate was coming out punching and kicking. In my opinion from the 6 console generation the Dreamcast was a fighting game fans dream just like the Sega Saturn in the 5th console generation.
nickcommieon April 15, 2021 at 1:21 am
eckspecially
PrettyTonyon April 15, 2021 at 1:23 am
Man I miss this era
MontyCadenon April 15, 2021 at 1:23 am
I still like better graphics bc my eye sight sucks and I can’t use glasses so I can’t really see it that well
Brandon Wombacheron April 15, 2021 at 1:26 am
The 5th through the 7 generations were the best in my opinion
Lorna Milleron April 15, 2021 at 1:27 am
4th is the best
Julius Isaakon April 15, 2021 at 1:29 am
I agree with you on most of your points but "tons of used games from the era with 10 times the depth and complexity than any game of this generation" might be a bad exaggeration. I mean, Dark Souls 3? The Witcher 3? Persona 5? Zelda: Breath of the Wild? …
Shrimpish Flavouron April 15, 2021 at 1:30 am
Man, I miss the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th gen. That was the golden era. I can’t remember anything about 1st and 2nd gen and 7th and 8th gen is just no.
Duane Locsinon April 15, 2021 at 1:31 am
I have fondness of my OG Xbox and playing my friend’s PS2, but for me the 7th generation was the sweet spot.
It was a good balance.
The consoles having a great amount of single player offline focus not being internet dependent, fairly good DLC, Multiplayer got bigger but was still an addon and there were probably only a handful of microtransactions.
Remember the OG Xbox really was just a foot in the door for Microsoft as they stopped it relatively quickly and their best true console so far was the Xbox 360.
The Dreamcast many could see was going to go, but it lived on very well in other consoles and Sega seemed quite interested being in Microsoft’s camp.
The PS2 was not a just gaming event, but a pop cultural event as well that saw many famous game series get their start on the machine,
but the PS3 though it didn’t achieve the heights as the PS2, in some faults of its own allowed incredible competition between the Xbox 360 and PS3. This time it was about which versions of third party games worked better for you AND both consoles had powerful exclusives each.
Nintendo found it’s true identity by not being about the most powerful console or large number of third party support (which was also its weakness) but opening gaming to a different bigger market with the Wii and if you are fan of Nintendo IPs, you were still right at home.
Alphabeta Maleon April 15, 2021 at 1:33 am
Which is why xbox has it right with backwards compatibility, sony is anti consumer as fuck
Fawkk YuTuuon April 15, 2021 at 1:34 am
5th gen = GOAT , 6th gen #2. 1994 – 2005 was enough graphical power and I agree with everything else said.
TheBamaPrinceableon April 15, 2021 at 1:35 am
@8:10
Perhaps I misunderstood but I disagree if you’re saying the DC had a weak lineup in 2000:
-Shenmue
-Crazy Taxi
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
-Marvel VS Capcom 2
-Skies of Arcadia
-Jet Set/Grind Radio
-Resident Evil: Code Veronica
-Space Channel 5
-Dead or Alive 2
-Rayman 2: The Great Escape
…to name a few.
And that’s after being released with the greatest launch lineup of all time in ’99:
-Sonic Adventure
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
-SoulCalibur
-Hydro Thunder
-NBA 2K
-House of the Dead 2
-NFL 2K
-NFL Blitz
-Power Stone
-Blue Stinger
I agree that the launch games for the Gen 6 consoles were mostly basic especially in comparison to the late releases of the PS1 and 64 but the DC is the one shining exception.
Edgeon April 15, 2021 at 1:41 am
5th and 6th gens were THE eras to play video games. The tech was in that sweet spot just enough for you to have a great experience to play well and enjoy and not to suck the living life out of you and have you melting be4 the screen 24/7. Truly a great time to be around the sport im glad i was and still to this day i pop out my systems and have a blast of a time.
Soupcannon678on April 15, 2021 at 1:44 am
6th gen was factually the best and was the last generation where games were about games and had soul to it too. After the 6th gen, games weren’t good anymore. Here’s a fact for all 7th-9th gen fans: New games blow ass. Yes, stay mad and triggered. It’s a cold hard fact that old games are better and have soul.
7th gen is getting older to be considered "retro" but I refuse to call it retro. It’ll never have the soul to be retro no matter how old. When 40 years pass, I’ll still not call any generation starting with 7th gen retro. Gaming should just be shut down forever. Stick to true retro gaming from 3rd to 6th gen.
TH28on April 15, 2021 at 1:45 am
To be honest it’s my favorite mainly cause I grew up with it, and have the most nostalgic memories associated in that time period. It wasn’t all perfect.
Andrewon April 15, 2021 at 1:46 am
4th generation was hands down the best era
Fat Monkeyon April 15, 2021 at 1:47 am
5th-7th gen had so many great games like (i’m gonna name as many as i can think of off the top of my head)
Metal Gear Solid 1-3
Resident Evil 1-4
Silent Hill 1&2
Halo 1&2
Team Fortress 2
Elder Scrolls 3-5
Portal 1&2
Half Life 1&2
Fallout 1-3 & New Vegas
Crash Bandicoot 1-3
Bioshock 1,2, and Infinite
Shadow of the Colossus
Windwaker
Sly Cooper 1-3
Ratchet and Clank 1-3
Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1&2
Star Wars Repuublic Commando
Super Mario 64
Ocarina of Time
Counter Strike
Final Fantasy 7-10
Spyro 1-3
Street Fighter 3rd Strike
Ape Escape 1-3
Luigi Rinaldion April 15, 2021 at 1:49 am
Ps2 and ps3 in my life they will be always best console experiences till i die
JDinThehouse 1on April 15, 2021 at 1:49 am
The 7th generation the 1st half was great then it started to die then boom 8th generation the worst tbh.
NightingaleSongon April 15, 2021 at 1:49 am
imo, PS3’s great games, convenient features (charging wireless controller, streaming apps, blu-rays), and the move to HDMI makes the PS3 an overall joy to own compared to the PS2, which was always an unwelcome guest in my house.
Jay Nickson April 15, 2021 at 1:50 am
No console will EVER top PS2 in sales.
LegoBrickStudioson April 15, 2021 at 1:52 am
I have nostalgia for the 6th gen even tho I wasn’t part of it
Fuchsia • Dreamson April 15, 2021 at 1:53 am
I always felt that the 6th generation of consoles was random and weird. Because of the abnormality of the dashboards from the Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube and Xbox and (sometimes) the lack of music that gives you some creepy yet chill moments.
DaggerMan 2492on April 15, 2021 at 1:54 am
I’m proud to be born around the 6th Gen of gaming!
MCGlenn81on April 15, 2021 at 1:56 am
Ive had the following: C-Vic20, Amiga500, NES, Genesis, PS1, PS2, XBox 360 then I just stopped, for the graphics quality of the 360 is enough for gaming and striked a good balance. Unfortunately online gaming became the buzz in 7th gen era and as a result the depth of story modes in games suffered. Online gaming never interested me at all. Only to play a football match or a few races against buddies as we grew apart geographically. I dont like to play with stangers and some of later games on 360 have dismal campaign modes way to short.
I now buy 360 games for my 7 year old and quite frankly its fine, I have a genesis with a flashcart and all the games I ever wanted. I have a complete library of games that I ever wanted for NES to PS2 and Im just waiting for recalbox to create a port for the raspberry pie 4, then Ill be done. The pie 4 should be able to play most of the 6th gen games pretty well. The pi 3 is okay but only up to 4th gen is good, n64 to ps2 dont really run well on the pi 3.
Cant wait to play Porsche challenge and gran turismo 1 on a pi4 recalbox with my kid.
I personaly believe the 7th generation was the bridge from the golden age to the dark age. On the one hand, games where still made with love and passion. It give birth to some of my favorite games. Mass Effect, Gears Of War, Bioschok, Darksouls and many more. But on the other hand: During this generation, the popularity of Call Of Duty begin to rise, and because of it, the trend of gritty online FPS games was born. Activsion also made to notorious Skylanders franhise at that point, wich promoted the idea of not giving the player all the content in the game when they buy the god dam game. Meanwhile, EA was already buying up developers like bioware at took more control over how their games where made. They also started experimenting with DLC.
When i look at the 7th generation, i see one half that’s so beatifull, and the other half wich is just monsterous. Picture Two Face from Batman.
MILITO SIMONon April 15, 2021 at 1:57 am
Overlooked games:
Crimson Sea
Tsugunai:Atonement
Mister Mosquito
Blinx:The Time Sweeper
Under the Skin
eduu kleeon April 15, 2021 at 1:57 am
The golden Age of Gaming is yet to come! Sure Games have saled great but the comercial idea itself is garbage. Making Games was allways a great effort that required a great amount of knowledge and skill. There will be a time when developement of hardware and Software reach their peak and when making games is no longer a question of time and money. All those limitations can dissapear Than we enter the actual golden Age of Gaming.
Ye Moochyon April 15, 2021 at 1:58 am
You should rank every generation
Jimothyon April 15, 2021 at 2:00 am
“EXSPECIALLY”
Richard Garciaon April 15, 2021 at 2:02 am
I went through puberty through this era of gaming.
LightningEndon April 15, 2021 at 2:02 am
No dlc – you paid cash and get full game from start to finish if there was some new storylines/levels of game they were unlocked when you finished the main campaign.
What now? You finished game pay some 20-30 bucks more to get full game bro!
Splitscreen – Almost every game had it back then that was way more better when you sitting with you buddy or girlfriend and just playing game on one console not in muiltiplayer.
Speak of multiplayer – back then there was no multiplayer emphasis like now storyline was more important.
Free multiplayer – But thanks to Microsoft they put paid online in Xbox 360 while PS3 had free online and in 8 generaion Sony catch this idea and put paid online to PS4.
There was no feminism and lgbt propaganda in games that made games even more bad.
That was golden age of gaming no stupid things like now.
Azaurus1on April 15, 2021 at 2:02 am
I’ve been a strict handheld console gamer since this era ended, the 3ds was awesome with it’s games and I’m loving the switch right now.
Anôn Imoon April 15, 2021 at 2:04 am
Extremely detailed hd graphics = less time to work with gameplay.
Teddy Roosevelton April 15, 2021 at 2:06 am
I’d trade my ps5 for my old ps2
Jackosaurus117on April 15, 2021 at 2:06 am
Awesome video, 6th gen will never be topped. But at 4:40 Halo was the first to do that
MR. SMALLSon April 15, 2021 at 2:07 am
Literally when all games companies cared about quality tons of variety u had the best being 3D platformers fighting games and racing games
Silvrakinaon April 15, 2021 at 2:07 am
i agree
Bryan Steeleon April 15, 2021 at 2:08 am
PS2 games I remember playing fondly:
GTA 3, VC, SA
Star wars battlefront 1 & 2
GOW 1 & 2
MGS 2 & 3
Madden 2003
NCAA football 2003
Knock out kings 2002
Bully
Gran Turismo 4
SOCOM 1,2,3
Killzone
Shadow of the Colossus
Conflict desert storm 1 & 2, Vietnam, Global
WWII shooters up the ass: Medal of honor, brothers in arms, Call of Duty
Troy Son April 15, 2021 at 2:08 am
People were far more open minded artistically back then. Also, young males were judged way less by females for playing games that deviated from ‘call of duty’ and ‘gran tourismo’ types, since runaway hypergamy wasn’t a thing yet before social media and online dating really took off, and before it went into hyperdrive with tinder.
Chris Bamptonon April 15, 2021 at 2:09 am
The 6th generation is my 2nd favourite generation, my favourite generation is the 7th
Ye Moochyon April 15, 2021 at 2:09 am
Naw man I love it and your 100% righy
Kirk the Jerkon April 15, 2021 at 2:10 am
This was the last time all the consoles were at least somewhat close to each other in power
Kasper Lindon April 15, 2021 at 2:12 am
I agree with you 100% When I was kid playing ps2 and Gameboy Advance I didnt care off graphics only gameplay was good. Why is everybody so Greedy nowdays!
Patrick Thomason April 15, 2021 at 2:13 am
not gonna lie but this generation had great movie Tie ins Like King Kong, lord of the rings and star wars anyone?
VoyageOne1on April 15, 2021 at 2:15 am
I miss solid B and C level titles
Troy Son April 15, 2021 at 2:15 am
4th to 7th i would argue.
alphatrion100on April 15, 2021 at 2:17 am
Sooo many good games in alot of different genres.
Also the libraries were so big.
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Correction at the launch of the Dreamcast on 9/9/1999 . It launched with games like SoulCalibur Marvel vs. Capcom Sonic Adventures Crazy Taxi Hydro Thunder Mortal Kombat Gold and I can go on. The Dreamcast right out of the gate was coming out punching and kicking. In my opinion from the 6 console generation the Dreamcast was a fighting game fans dream just like the Sega Saturn in the 5th console generation.
eckspecially
Man I miss this era
I still like better graphics bc my eye sight sucks and I can’t use glasses so I can’t really see it that well
The 5th through the 7 generations were the best in my opinion
4th is the best
I agree with you on most of your points but "tons of used games from the era with 10 times the depth and complexity than any game of this generation" might be a bad exaggeration. I mean, Dark Souls 3? The Witcher 3? Persona 5? Zelda: Breath of the Wild? …
Man, I miss the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th gen. That was the golden era. I can’t remember anything about 1st and 2nd gen and 7th and 8th gen is just no.
I have fondness of my OG Xbox and playing my friend’s PS2, but for me the 7th generation was the sweet spot.
It was a good balance.
The consoles having a great amount of single player offline focus not being internet dependent, fairly good DLC, Multiplayer got bigger but was still an addon and there were probably only a handful of microtransactions.
Remember the OG Xbox really was just a foot in the door for Microsoft as they stopped it relatively quickly and their best true console so far was the Xbox 360.
The Dreamcast many could see was going to go, but it lived on very well in other consoles and Sega seemed quite interested being in Microsoft’s camp.
The PS2 was not a just gaming event, but a pop cultural event as well that saw many famous game series get their start on the machine,
but the PS3 though it didn’t achieve the heights as the PS2, in some faults of its own allowed incredible competition between the Xbox 360 and PS3. This time it was about which versions of third party games worked better for you AND both consoles had powerful exclusives each.
Nintendo found it’s true identity by not being about the most powerful console or large number of third party support (which was also its weakness) but opening gaming to a different bigger market with the Wii and if you are fan of Nintendo IPs, you were still right at home.
Which is why xbox has it right with backwards compatibility, sony is anti consumer as fuck
5th gen = GOAT , 6th gen #2. 1994 – 2005 was enough graphical power and I agree with everything else said.
@8:10
Perhaps I misunderstood but I disagree if you’re saying the DC had a weak lineup in 2000:
-Shenmue
-Crazy Taxi
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2
-Marvel VS Capcom 2
-Skies of Arcadia
-Jet Set/Grind Radio
-Resident Evil: Code Veronica
-Space Channel 5
-Dead or Alive 2
-Rayman 2: The Great Escape
…to name a few.
And that’s after being released with the greatest launch lineup of all time in ’99:
-Sonic Adventure
-Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
-SoulCalibur
-Hydro Thunder
-NBA 2K
-House of the Dead 2
-NFL 2K
-NFL Blitz
-Power Stone
-Blue Stinger
I agree that the launch games for the Gen 6 consoles were mostly basic especially in comparison to the late releases of the PS1 and 64 but the DC is the one shining exception.
5th and 6th gens were THE eras to play video games. The tech was in that sweet spot just enough for you to have a great experience to play well and enjoy and not to suck the living life out of you and have you melting be4 the screen 24/7. Truly a great time to be around the sport im glad i was and still to this day i pop out my systems and have a blast of a time.
6th gen was factually the best and was the last generation where games were about games and had soul to it too. After the 6th gen, games weren’t good anymore. Here’s a fact for all 7th-9th gen fans: New games blow ass. Yes, stay mad and triggered. It’s a cold hard fact that old games are better and have soul.
7th gen is getting older to be considered "retro" but I refuse to call it retro. It’ll never have the soul to be retro no matter how old. When 40 years pass, I’ll still not call any generation starting with 7th gen retro. Gaming should just be shut down forever. Stick to true retro gaming from 3rd to 6th gen.
To be honest it’s my favorite mainly cause I grew up with it, and have the most nostalgic memories associated in that time period. It wasn’t all perfect.
4th generation was hands down the best era
5th-7th gen had so many great games like (i’m gonna name as many as i can think of off the top of my head)
Metal Gear Solid 1-3
Resident Evil 1-4
Silent Hill 1&2
Halo 1&2
Team Fortress 2
Elder Scrolls 3-5
Portal 1&2
Half Life 1&2
Fallout 1-3 & New Vegas
Crash Bandicoot 1-3
Bioshock 1,2, and Infinite
Shadow of the Colossus
Windwaker
Sly Cooper 1-3
Ratchet and Clank 1-3
Jak and Daxter The Precursor Legacy
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1&2
Star Wars Repuublic Commando
Super Mario 64
Ocarina of Time
Counter Strike
Final Fantasy 7-10
Spyro 1-3
Street Fighter 3rd Strike
Ape Escape 1-3
Ps2 and ps3 in my life they will be always best console experiences till i die
The 7th generation the 1st half was great then it started to die then boom 8th generation the worst tbh.
imo, PS3’s great games, convenient features (charging wireless controller, streaming apps, blu-rays), and the move to HDMI makes the PS3 an overall joy to own compared to the PS2, which was always an unwelcome guest in my house.
No console will EVER top PS2 in sales.
I have nostalgia for the 6th gen even tho I wasn’t part of it
I always felt that the 6th generation of consoles was random and weird. Because of the abnormality of the dashboards from the Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube and Xbox and (sometimes) the lack of music that gives you some creepy yet chill moments.
I’m proud to be born around the 6th Gen of gaming!
Ive had the following: C-Vic20, Amiga500, NES, Genesis, PS1, PS2, XBox 360 then I just stopped, for the graphics quality of the 360 is enough for gaming and striked a good balance. Unfortunately online gaming became the buzz in 7th gen era and as a result the depth of story modes in games suffered. Online gaming never interested me at all. Only to play a football match or a few races against buddies as we grew apart geographically. I dont like to play with stangers and some of later games on 360 have dismal campaign modes way to short.
I now buy 360 games for my 7 year old and quite frankly its fine, I have a genesis with a flashcart and all the games I ever wanted. I have a complete library of games that I ever wanted for NES to PS2 and Im just waiting for recalbox to create a port for the raspberry pie 4, then Ill be done. The pie 4 should be able to play most of the 6th gen games pretty well. The pi 3 is okay but only up to 4th gen is good, n64 to ps2 dont really run well on the pi 3.
Cant wait to play Porsche challenge and gran turismo 1 on a pi4 recalbox with my kid.
Generation ranking in my opinion: 1 – 6th generation; 2 – 4th generation; 3 – 5th generation; 4 – 7th generation; 5 – 3rd generation; 6 – 8th generation; 7 – 2nd generation.
I personaly believe the 7th generation was the bridge from the golden age to the dark age. On the one hand, games where still made with love and passion. It give birth to some of my favorite games. Mass Effect, Gears Of War, Bioschok, Darksouls and many more. But on the other hand: During this generation, the popularity of Call Of Duty begin to rise, and because of it, the trend of gritty online FPS games was born. Activsion also made to notorious Skylanders franhise at that point, wich promoted the idea of not giving the player all the content in the game when they buy the god dam game. Meanwhile, EA was already buying up developers like bioware at took more control over how their games where made. They also started experimenting with DLC.
When i look at the 7th generation, i see one half that’s so beatifull, and the other half wich is just monsterous. Picture Two Face from Batman.
Overlooked games:
Crimson Sea
Tsugunai:Atonement
Mister Mosquito
Blinx:The Time Sweeper
Under the Skin
The golden Age of Gaming is yet to come! Sure Games have saled great but the comercial idea itself is garbage. Making Games was allways a great effort that required a great amount of knowledge and skill. There will be a time when developement of hardware and Software reach their peak and when making games is no longer a question of time and money. All those limitations can dissapear Than we enter the actual golden Age of Gaming.
You should rank every generation
“EXSPECIALLY”
I went through puberty through this era of gaming.
No dlc – you paid cash and get full game from start to finish if there was some new storylines/levels of game they were unlocked when you finished the main campaign.
What now? You finished game pay some 20-30 bucks more to get full game bro!
Splitscreen – Almost every game had it back then that was way more better when you sitting with you buddy or girlfriend and just playing game on one console not in muiltiplayer.
Speak of multiplayer – back then there was no multiplayer emphasis like now storyline was more important.
Free multiplayer – But thanks to Microsoft they put paid online in Xbox 360 while PS3 had free online and in 8 generaion Sony catch this idea and put paid online to PS4.
There was no feminism and lgbt propaganda in games that made games even more bad.
That was golden age of gaming no stupid things like now.
I’ve been a strict handheld console gamer since this era ended, the 3ds was awesome with it’s games and I’m loving the switch right now.
Extremely detailed hd graphics = less time to work with gameplay.
I’d trade my ps5 for my old ps2
Awesome video, 6th gen will never be topped. But at 4:40 Halo was the first to do that
Literally when all games companies cared about quality tons of variety u had the best being 3D platformers fighting games and racing games
i agree
PS2 games I remember playing fondly:
GTA 3, VC, SA
Star wars battlefront 1 & 2
GOW 1 & 2
MGS 2 & 3
Madden 2003
NCAA football 2003
Knock out kings 2002
Bully
Gran Turismo 4
SOCOM 1,2,3
Killzone
Shadow of the Colossus
Conflict desert storm 1 & 2, Vietnam, Global
WWII shooters up the ass: Medal of honor, brothers in arms, Call of Duty
People were far more open minded artistically back then. Also, young males were judged way less by females for playing games that deviated from ‘call of duty’ and ‘gran tourismo’ types, since runaway hypergamy wasn’t a thing yet before social media and online dating really took off, and before it went into hyperdrive with tinder.
The 6th generation is my 2nd favourite generation, my favourite generation is the 7th
Naw man I love it and your 100% righy
This was the last time all the consoles were at least somewhat close to each other in power
I agree with you 100% When I was kid playing ps2 and Gameboy Advance I didnt care off graphics only gameplay was good. Why is everybody so Greedy nowdays!
not gonna lie but this generation had great movie Tie ins Like King Kong, lord of the rings and star wars anyone?
I miss solid B and C level titles
4th to 7th i would argue.
Sooo many good games in alot of different genres.
Also the libraries were so big.
7:17
No Dreamcast? 🙁