The Beauty of Generation 7

[@odysseusreal]

The Beauty of Portable Gen 7 is here! If you're more fond of the DS or PSP, go ahead and check it out!

[@CreativeGeoff]

Hands down the best generation. All 3 companies had something unique to offer. I find myself going back to my PS3/Wii catalog before touching the 360, but there's still so many amazing games from that gen.

[@beanbeetle9962]

Best generation of gaming no questions asked

[@GeneralJLC]

If this was your first console generation I guess you could say that 😂

[@JoshiiWah]

Definitely the most iconic era for online gaming. More people than ever have headsets but if you had one, you used it back then.

[@demen9497]

@@JoshiiWah yeah very, ps3 was my first online exp but i had an ps2 first.

[@sonicmaster206]

Fr

[@wrightlawgbc]

Idk 6th gen was pretty damn good, imo 6th and 7th are the best

[@MysticBearKnight]

Older consoles felt like they had an endless list of games. The variety was limitless.

[@steelcityking7316]

After 7 all the online garbage went too far (games being unplayable without internet and games being broken until you downloaded a huge ass update), I know my Wii will be working for decades while my Switch will at best be handicapped in the future!

[@sunwukong5518]

For real though. I was so excited when they announced Super Mario 3D All Stars but guess what? Without first installing a patch you won't je able to play it AT ALL! The moment I saw that shit I threw the game on ebay. Sold it for more than I bought it though so no financial damage to me but damn.

[@Larry1631]

I didn't grew up on Gen 7 but i got to experience the Wii u and 3DS these mark me sooo much

[@honorificabilitudinitatibusish]

gen 8 isn't as good as 7 but still pretty decent

[@IsaiahFisher19]

@@honorificabilitudinitatibusishyeah I grew up with both 🥹

[@Nabbit-Mario]

My first console was a Gen 7 after my dad gave me his old Xbox 360 when he got the Xbox One

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

Why do people hate 8 gen?

[@IsaiahFisher19]

@@arthurgamerpro6585 I don’t think people hate them but I think people not only expected fps jumps but better graphics like lazy port of gta V

[@VGPreserve]

One of the most memorable Christmas mornings was playing Wii Bowling with the ENTIRE family in 2006. Even Granny took a few throws :)

[@ghostguy_x7085]

Dude the ending gave me literal goosebumps 🤩

[@MoonSarito]

This was the first generation that I feel like I really followed the life of consoles, sure, I've had contact with other consoles before, but I was able to enjoy both Wii and PS3 practically from start to finish. It was a good time.

[@CrocoDylianVT]

DS and PSP crying in the corner

[@bang5284]

IMHO it is wrong to compare handhelds with station consoles. They're like, ya'know, whole different world

[@Vancrii]

⁠@@bang5284still ! Would have been cool to have em there, my entire childhood ;(

[@CrocoDylianVT]

@@bang5284 they're still 7th gen consoles and have to be mentioned, specially cause despite how different they are they had HELLA compatibility with their bigger counterparts, PSP and DS had a big amount of features to interact with PS3 and Wii, for example use you PSP as a PS3 controller, use it for remote play before cloud gaming was a thing, or on the Nintendo side transferring Pokémon from the Wii to the DS, even Gamecube and GBA compatibility was a big thing in 6th gen

[@notsa_s]

I think it's every other home gen that counts for a handheld gen, PSP stuck around for PS2 and PS3, DS being GameCube and Wii

[@mr.s4ndman]

​@@bang5284 The Wii and the DS are from the same generation, just like the PSP and the PS3

[@chrisytm7830]

The peak of gaming

[@D-Grizzly_The_Spitter]

I think Gen7 is so goated because it was the last generation before digital gaming really took over.

[@pedromallol6498]

Generation 7 arguably the last "real" videogame systems released.

[@netmeister7941]

What

[@Sryloth]

Yep

[@Matasuh]

"real" doesn't mean anything. You're just wearing rose tinted glasses.

[@mr.s4ndman]

Gen 8 had the 3DS

[@Matasuh]

@@mr.s4ndman Gen 8 was a switch exclusive

[@flaming62]

I actually grew up with all 3 of these consoles and i still have them all to this day. I by far used the ps3 and wii more than the 360 as a kid, but wii sports and Littlebigplanet were great games. Nothing will ever be as nostalgic to me as coming back to LittleBigPlanet 2 again was a few weeks ago.

[@BotPrintfHelloWorld]

Here’s a nice story:I’m too young to experience gen 7 but somehow, I did. I owned and played a ps3, I played a Wii at my friends house, and I played the 360 when I was VERY young

[@brijeshkrishnan7925]

yo same lol, this is very relatable

[@Sryloth]

Gen 7 was my childhood (and so was 6

[@slitnotgm]

samee, had a x360 that i bricked while trying to get free xbox live 😅

[@Electro096]

I wish I could go back to this generation, it was about the creativity and the fun of the games

[@Luketheduke-f5b]

That opening was amazing🤩 One of the most underrated videos in history absolutely loved it

[@ATAMINASKERI]

I grew up playing Portal 2 and Minecraft on the PS3 with my older brother and friends and I remember it being such a blast. (PORTAL 2 IS PEAK GAMING AND I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL STANDING)

[@Nabbit-Mario]

I definitely used to play Minecraft on the Xbox 360 at my friend's house in 2017

[@majesticmartian7038]

You don't have to die on that hill man we're all there and we are still alive.

[@daniel.holbrook]

I've been thinking about this a lot. Best generation ever. This video deserves a lot of views for being so elegantly concise yet hitting so close to home (though each of these machines could easily be talked about for HOURS) All those identical late 2000's/early 2010's hairstyles crack me up.

[@NightW3VL]

The generation that started my love for gaming :)

[@ppgranja3]

My second favorite generation of games after the 5th gen. So many epic games and features!

[@michaelangeloabarreto4588]

The 7th Generation was the last time that the focus was on the games

[@chillbizz74]

The next generation started focusing on squeezing as much money out of us as possible, and this generation is even worse..

[@the_mariocrafter]

and the generation where they went beyond games into social media, all consoles have a web browser, and more including food delivery and contributing to help fight disease, the next generation shoved DRM and online advertising into the games.

[@Electro096]

Yes exactly, the focus was more on games and bringing unique experiences, Modern ngaming today is just a joke

[@the_mariocrafter]

@@Electro096 agree, and they focused on stuff other than apps games as well, but not excessive advertising, addicting games that cost money for DLCs, and excessive DRM.

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

No, 2012 to 2016 was a good year for gen 8

[@killerindustries49]

this was a nice short commentary , would have loved to see more in depth analysis of each console but it was good nonetheless

[@odysseusreal]

To be honest, I thought it was a little short myself, but I was also scared of creating a mindless yap session. If I do something similar again, I'll likely make it longer. Thank you!

[@Mr.Foxhat]

Don't forget that Gen 7 birthed some of the greatest Western RPGs of all time! Oblivion, Skyrim, Fable 2, Mass Effect, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, etc.

[@P_D-px6iv]

Dragon Age Origins The Witcher 1 & 2 Divinity

[@dankairgadam8841]

So glad you mentioned Fable 2. That game is an underrated masterpiece that usually doesn’t get mentioned with Fallout, Elder Scrolls, The Witcher, etc but it’s definitely in that class.

[@cheeseborgerdeluxe]

It’s crazy that we’re now at a place where the console wars are over. These two were at each others throats and Nintendo just had the whole world by the balls both console and handheld.

[@nikGhost1]

The 7th gen was a last console generation, after that everyone started making a simple PC based architecture which eliminated visual uniqueness of each of the systems. In 8th and after, exclusive games start to become multiplatform and gaming started to feel less special and more for everyone. Now if you have a good PC, there is no reason to have a console, back than there were so many games and experiences you could not get on PC. It's like gaming become a black/white/gray SUV that flooded modern traffic: ugly, boring and everyone drives one.

[@sonicdoesfrontflips]

Literally, I'm pretty sure Xbone and Ps4 used the same exact components

[@kevinbrodacki]

the xbox one was more intended as a multimedia system than anything, hopefully the brand dies soon it sure derserves it. the ps4 started decent, but sony as a company is just as trash, it just can't afford as many failures as microsoft.

[@DaACTUALLYREALReddie]

Well… what about the Wii U, the PS Vita and the 3DS? Those were considered quite nostalgic by most people, even though those consoles are a part of the 8th Generation.

[@nikGhost1]

@@DaACTUALLYREALReddie Vita and 3DS are portable, the rules are a bit different there =) Wii U pretty much existed because of the compatibility with Wii, there are a very few games specific to the system. Nostalgia is a terrible thing that blurs people minds and causes them to be aggressively protective over something instead of being analytical.

[@smpark12]

That SUV analogy is so true

[@Chaosbean-1443]

Hearing the Galaxy 2 World 3 music brought me back. Thanks dude

[@Noa15Lv]

Sadly i didn't grew up with these consoles when they got released. I got my hands on Playstation 1 and computer. I saw PS3 & Xbox360 only around 2011-2013 at my friends house.

[@ifeanyikennedy1047]

Generation 7 was when "KILL ZONE" distinguished itself.

[@Lael128]

Wii feels more like a 6.5 gen console with 7th gen features. Xbox 360 Arcade was kind of the same 6.5 feel. I say this because they weren’t quite HD consoles.

[@zerozeroone4424]

Generation 6 and 7 are still my favorites of all time. They can never be matched

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

Lies

[@ade1174]

​@@arthurgamerpro6585He isn't lying. No loot boxes and microtransactions and unfinished games like we have now.

[@dreamcast2k1]

The ps3 is amazing when you put a 1tb SSD you can put all movies you want signing up for a Japanese PlayStation account and getting is so awesome

[@KolahMoss]

Was my first touch of videogames ever as a kid growing up. I honestly didn't have a Wii at all so I never get see what it was like anyway

[@DoloresCora]

what a powerful message, really resonated with me.

[@flymartian33]

The beauty of being in middle school and highschool for this gen because the generation ended when i graduated highschool

[@benjib2691]

What makes gen 7 great in my opinion was that every manufacturer was ultimately successful. The only generation to be somewhat similar is gen 4, where both the SNES and Megadrive/Genesis (and to a lesser extent the PC Engine and Neo Geo) were successful in their target market

[@SuperCaleb360]

I wish I could go back to Gen 7 and tell myself this is the best it gets. The last generation where it seems that Video Game developers and companies really cared about the customers

[@SinanPurtas]

I enjoyed my early childhood with those consoles. I wish i were a teen back then so i could have enjoyed it even more

[@jolynegoat]

peak gaming

[@ranchman693]

I still have my Wii and PS3 plugged into the living room TV lol. I play the Wii the most because people love it at parties lol

[@KolahMoss]

I honestly didn't grew up with the Wii so I still have my old ps3

[@DgA5-vs2bm]

I'm your 900 subscriber bro 😎

[@HumorousLOL]

Honestly, this was probably the peak of the industry. These consoles provided us with everything we have now, and we could have continued forever. Not to mention PS3 was a full media system that you could customize to do so much with. Graphically things have improved, but nothing really makes me look at PS4 or PS5 and say "the games on these platforms couldn't be done on PS3. Graphics are the only thing they have over PS3/XB360. The platform would have been perfected to optimize for 60 fps on many games. Damn near most games could be made on gen 7 consoles and the gameplay and design would remain the same.

[@Loophole23742]

I loved the 7th generation. I still have all 3 of those consoles and still use my ps3 and 360s. Probably more than I play my ps5,ps4 pro and xbox one x.

[@sarthwahi2811]

My cousin gave me a wii all the way back in 2011, Man easily my favourite Console. From Wii Sports to Mario party 8 to lego batman, this console had pretty much everything for enjoyment. Loved this generation tho it was the closest competition among Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Best days

[@jaredjoe133]

The PlayStation three startup sound really zoned me back to better times

[@Antonychief7]

Best generation of gaming, wish I could go back to the good old days, I miss being a kid ❤

[@ellanut8]

best era

[@Electro096]

I feel very sorry for those young kids or new people who really join this modern generatrion of gaming to be their first

[@arthurgamerpro6585]

Ok boomer

[@3ofSpades]

Great gaming generation. Glad to see all the kids finally found our old toys.

[@4realtopics]

The first console i played on was my dads old n64 and my moms old wii and i loved mario 64 so he got me a dslite with mario 64 ds and it was so fun (it was at the time the wiiu and 3ds where out)

[@cheerydownylox56]

Nice thoughts video

[@wirecxre]

Looking back on the past ain’t gonna fix anything lil bro… it ain’t gonna fix it😭

[@rikiishitoru8885]

When 12gb was a lot of storage for a console and you only needed a few kb to install a game

[@KolahMoss]

Growing up in a rich environment in south Carolina, I had a ps3 not a Wii. I mean all my other friends had the Wii but I don't have much nostalgia from it, unless if I recall all the sleepovers I had as a kid

[@vkermodekumav8949]

Honestly dude. It started in 2005 when the 360 first came out. Like, the 360 was a monster and still is the best Xbox console to date. I didn't get an Xbox 360 till I was 19 in 2009. Man.. after finally getting my own, it was such an amazing time. I still play my PS3, Wii\Wii U and 360 today more than modern consoles. Better games, simple gaming Consoles. That's all you need. Today, it's just insane how bad gaming has gotten {outside of the PC and Switch in my opinion}

[@kalasatwater2224]

Nostalgia

[@jtgamer-nintendo-xbox]

Just played Mario and Zelda during that generation on the Wii what got me through was the DS

[@traviscunningham7062]

Favorite Mario and Zelda games on the Wii? For me: Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess.

[@HiCZoK]

Gears, uncharted, mass effect. Whole trilogies and more. Tons of games. In disc. Offline.

[@habibismail8542]

Best Gaming generation 😢

[@twidisiscool]

Depression

[@brijeshkrishnan7925]

most famous current gen games are just gen 7 games remakes, this shows how gud the games hold up

[@opaulomadeira]

The last really good generation of consoles. Nowadays only the Switch comes close to this era in my opinion

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

Halo 3 Midnight Release. You just had to be there, never forget.

[@ENNEN420]

This generation was super cool to me but I didn't get to experience it proper until WELL into the 8th generation. I only had a few Wii games because the Wii system was ""cheap"" but the games expensive. I didn't have the experience described in the title, I just played Vice City and Banjo Kazooie on a physical N64 until we somehow got more money every month after the 8th gen started. I'm grateful for what I had even if it was substantially less to the point I was bullied for it, but I still have one regret as a child. I WANTED A PS3 DURING THE 7TH GENERATION

[@yetanotheruser1989]

Recently bought a used 360. It's brilliant. The Wii was damn brilliant too. I have no desire to play anything beyond that generation. The last great generation, for sure. Where every console was different and offered something unique. Bespoke hardware

[@whiskeygamer9402]

I bought the PS3 3 years after it was released because I was still overwhelmed with the PS2.👍🏽🥃

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

The 32-bit era was my favorite. Sega Saturn and PSX were the Best ever!

[@Roxor128]

32-bit era means something pretty different for PC gamers. The hardware went 32-bit in the mid-1980s with the 386, but games that actually required it didn't show up until the early 1990s, with stuff like Doom using 32-bit protected mode DOS. Similarly, while the Athlon 64 came out in the mid-2000s, games didn't start requiring a 64-bit OS until much later. It'll be decades before we have to make 128-bit processors. I doubt I'll live long enough to see it.

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

@@Roxor128 I didn't get a computer till 2001. Prior to that i had Zero experience with Home PCs.

[@thaneros]

The 5th gen was so weird. Not only did you have the big 3 but you also had Atari, 3DO, FM Towns Marty, PC FX, Amiga 32 and a boat load of other crazy devices.

[@jackstraughan24]

All three consoles were absolutely awesome

[@JamesConrad-qi6gn]

Didn't realize how good generation 7 was until it was gone...

[@KevinPascal-lv9xr]

Exactly especially since 2021 @D

[@dominikcz198]

I have all three consoles in my house. If I had to pick my favorite, it would be the Wii.

[@IpfxTwin]

These are the last consoles you don't need an internet connection to enjoy.

[@TheDBZ_KING7_Official]

Damn, The Crew hasn't been popular for a long time. Kinda surprised to see them again.

[@Deepslate3D]

lbp and minecraft on ps3 were so great, also every single 1st party wii game.

[@MorTphyr]

Radiohead - No Surprises

[@joelyjowell3]

I love this generation! All 3 consoles had different features to offer !

[@1moblin2]

Amazing Japanese Sony PlayStation 3 was the greatest. the most crazy insane tech innovation & creativity of the PS3 with all those exclusive games & thousands stacked on thousands stacked on even more thousands of JAPANESE GAMES!!!!!!! Long Live Sony of Japan

[@DavidRosariojr-xh6bw]

Had a red ring of death impact . Enough impact that I switched to PC

[@Gene-q3h]

You know what you know it's a bit sad for me because I was been born in the year 2013 and and I was not self aware enough what's going on stuff I was still an infant sad part

[@XanderCrease]

7th Gen gave birth to awesome series! Assassin's, Gears, Dead Space, Uncharted, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Last of Us, Left 4 Dead, Portal, Dead Rising, Dragons Dogma, Dragon Age, Bayonetta etc. Compared to modern games, these are far from "retro".

[@gtx2021]

Still have my ps3

[@lemonlime8949]

Thanks for No Surprises now I’m sad

[@JC-hi8fk]

The Gen that ruined gaming (but was still way better than anything afterwards).

[@Alfenium]

sadly true

[@kleev6576]

The beauty of this generation was that the good games like Castlevania, MegaMan, Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy were only good on DS.

[@DEXXXO]

it Was the Best , today is complete Diffrent but not to bad .

[@Mr.Foxhat]

The 7th generation was the last time we saw a true console "war." Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo were ruthless in trying you win you over with quality games. Even the handhelds were fantastic in that generation, and even mobile phone games displayed considerably more effort than the garbage available today.

[@ГригорийБуров-м1ъ]

Is it intentional or just a coincidence that on the thumbnail xbox's semi-circle and wii's bottom stance are forming somewhat of a digit "7"?

[@victorromero8010]

Did the PS3 and Xbox 360 have downloadable patch updates to games? That, DLC and other games that require online access (there were a few), would make them no gos for me. The Wii has its own problem as it would constantly freeze on me.

[@racerboyo]

Yes both definitely had patches and a ton of DLC, especially past 2010. PS3 in particular also takes a long time to download and instal patches since both downloading and installing were separate steps. Both consoles are still worth owning but they are about as online dependent as a PS4 or PS5.

[@ianmoises]

3:03 A.K.A best game ever made

[@NEETfrog]

What is the song at 2:05?

[@retroislandboy9708]

This is the best era of modern gaming. Gaming is trash today especially involving sony and xbox. I do like the nintendo switch. But the ps3 and xbox 360....wow just an amazing time in gaming.

[@PackBrewBadgeWI4]

I still have my Xbox 360 and PS3 + enjoy gaming on those 2 systems more than current gen consoles. Gen 7 systems have a more expansive library of quality games with solid single player and multiplayer modes than current gen consoles.

[@undertoner385]

sorry it's just a simple fluffy low-info video. it would have been better to choose between a heavy, dense in-depth retrospective or a very stylistic montage/showcase for the feels

[@onlywiigame.]

Honestly there’s no way you can make a 7th gen console video without talking about the best console that whole generation the Nintendo Ds, the wii was my favorite too it the DS just had an impact on me

[@Arwing1979]

Gen 6 was best in my opinion. 60fps and great games. Gen 7 had great games and some incedible features, yes. But it also began the release now, patch later model. DLC. Resolution took priority over performance - and boy did performance suffer at times. For me, Gen 7 was the beginning of many of the tropes i hate about gaming today.

[@Crispierbug]

Best generation imo.

[@rimjobledouche5201]

For me, gaming went on life support with Gen 7. Gen 8 was the first time I didn't give a flying fuck about Microsoft's or Nintendo's offerings, and only bought a PS4 very late into its' life (and used, at that). I did buy a 3Ds, which I loved, but passed on the Vita. PS4 definitely had some bangers (Spider-Man, Bloodborne, and Metal Gear V are probably my favorites), but for the most part, I see where gaming at large is going, and I'm getting less and less interested.

[@Sryloth]

6th and 7th generations were the best of gaming ever. Beats todays gaming by miles. Too bad some peoplr are too ignorant to realize that.

[@winlover37]

The last great generation for me. All the AAA franchises I liked were at their peak. Online and split screen multiplayer coexisted peacefully. Everyone had a mic, for better or worse. Each console had a distinct personality with different aims and goals. Each consoles UI had very distinct design language, the XMB and Wii Menu were elegant. 360's started great with the blades and went downhill from there. Every generation since has been more and more disappointing.

[@postupislilrodneysson9986]

Pretty interesting that in the end the 360 got last place, xbox has never been in 2nd or 1st. Pretty impossible for them to be better than PS or Nintendo but it was interesting.

[@ChimpRiot]

The total hardware sales get mentioned a lot, but Xbox was raking it in for software sales and especially Xbox Live subs. $60 a year extra from 46 million subscribers.

[@postupislilrodneysson9986]

@@ChimpRiot do you know that in the end of the gen: xbox lost billions because the red ring? Xbox confirmed in 2021 that the xbox division of MS has never made a cent.

[@ChimpRiot]

@@postupislilrodneysson9986 The Xbox HARDWARE division. Consoles are traditionally loss leaders so they can make money back on software and services.

[@rtroisback]

Although I think the 6th gen is a little bit better, ALL of these consoles were just amazing. I have all three :D