[bluescrn]

Consoles don't have true 'generational leaps' any more either, the huge leaps forward in tech used to drive excitement/sales.

Now we get incremental improvements, cross-generation games, and backwards compatibility. And AAA game development isn't exactly doing well these days.

[trencedamp]

Exactly. Indie development is where it's at. The best game I played in the last five years was probably A Short Hike. It moved me and inspired me to get back into game dev and it was made by one person