 Video games from the wee ages six or seven or whenever I started playing games My world of skating playing baseball or anything that has healthy for you in the long run with it away Before my eyes as I sunk into the world where I fought the covenants You just chainsaw to kill people or got called slurs in a cod lobby my bitch. Fuck you and all that led me here Scripting this video in my dark room at four in the morning I Like video games I can be classified as what the children call a gamer My apologies by the way, whatever happened to formality am I right? I'm dr. Skipper and I grew up playing video games like most of you instead of focusing on my academics or planning for the future I dicked around on the internet and played games all day Yeah, fuck you idiot. Let's go further back Judgment day I was introduced to gaming when I was about seven years old my dad at a ps2 where he would only play Madden I stepped out an Xbox where he would play Halo I never played Madden, but I did play a bit of Halo 2 when I was a stupid idiot Moron so when my goofy goober brain became whole the Nintendo We released I ate my little heart out playing we sports in that one Star Wars the Clone Wars game You guys remember the Nintendo Wii Clone Wars game that shit was awesome And that Indiana Jones game with the plain fight the hell is it called? Indiana Jones and the staff of Kings. I have no idea why the hell this game was made, but it's slapped Nice catch But then my life changed I skipped a small detail in this story before the Wii my stepdad bought a console One of the best consoles of all time that shaped the life I have today the Xbox 360 Before this had a variety of handhelds my Game Boy for Mario Kart and the Larry Boy game You know the cucumber from Veggie tails at a normal DS the PSP I even went beast man on the DSi making flip-no animations But the Xbox 360 was the first console I played consciously It's a meme at this point how much I mentioned my age in videos, but I'm 19 not a 25-year-old boomer who grew up With the Atari or some shit Oops where I was once an idiot kid that had no idea what the hell he was doing I was now a lesser idiot and understood what I was actually supposed to do in that little pixel world To the Mormons Karen squares or anybody had a boring childhood cover your ears But the first game I ever really enjoyed playing a lot was Gears of War It was bloody violent and fun and believe it or not by my appearance I haven't shot up a school so no miss fucking prickle pants who teaches third grade or something They gave me heavy bloody and swear. He didn't make me a violent degenerate Maybe not yet. Who fucking know and from there I evolved with my loving games Halo 3 came out and I loved it Gears of War 2 came out and I fucking adored it And when halo reach came out in 2010 I got my very own Xbox that Christmas and that was the game. I probably love most today Look, you might have no idea who the hell I am or this might be your first time ever watching me But I really love video games I didn't grow up playing the original dooms or crash bandicoot But I started young and ever since then I've gone back to play those classics Even though today I mainly play PC games. I understand the impact of consoles And that's why I wanted to make this video So the last year I made some money by selling my soul to the youtube algorithm and made an investment toward my youtube channel for a tax reasons Blink blink and bought a playstation 5 and xbox series s Because I don't care about the disc on this one And ever since I found myself in a weird situation where my consoles are collecting dust So I started reflecting the last 10 years of console gaming And I realized that consoles are just not hitting the same anymore But why do they not hit the same anymore? Some of you might be having the time of your lives on the ps5 or xbox series x because you have nothing to compare it to Or you don't have the empty shriveled heart that I have but this video isn't a rant on the new consoles It's just an observation I made. I wonder if anybody else could relate to it So after I got my 360 I got an xbox one and then the playstation 4 and for that generation I played the playstation 4 more than the xbox one because let's be honest that console is pretty ass Where the 360 was the start of my gaming adventure the playstation 4 and xbox one followed me from sixth grade to when I graduated High school in your life changes drastically in seven years, especially as a child going into adulthood So I thought the reasons these consoles don't hit the same anymore is due to my age I'm an adult things have changed. Of course. I don't care about consoles like I used to But that's bullshit. I have a lot of siblings and they didn't have the same reaction toward their new consoles Like I did when I was 11 I remember when the playstation 4 came out Everybody was excited for the next generation of consoles and I didn't feel that hype at all for this generation And that's because a shit ten has happened to this generation to cause this feeling the original xbox had xbox live Which revolutionized social gaming by being able to talk to random people around the world in the xbox console But the big update to this was the xbox 360 hub where the me on the we usually stayed on just the we alone Your xbox 360 avatar was able to be seen by everybody that you would play with online The ui of the xbox 360 was made for socialization if friends were offline they were asleep And if they were online, they were a touch away to get into a party and chat The ui was extremely simple for those who wanted to get into an xbox party and invite some friends to game But the party chat was only used for private discussions on the most part But open game chat is where the memories were truly made If I were to tell a family member that I miss getting called a gay squeaker loser that should kill himself They'd probably think i'm fucking insane, but there really was something wholesome about toxicity in open game chat I'd meet people to call a duty or halo and add them as friends and later down the road We would invite each other to parties and go play minecraft where we'd make cool stuff together And I would constantly break that shitty $20 headset and try to tape it together just so I could continue to talk to people You guys know what I mean? No And this carried to the next generation as well I would join xbox party chats or playstation party chats, but it was more difficult to meet new people New console ui's are made to be more sleek and simplistic Removing the fun socialization gimmicks Even attendo did this and the Wii was usually used in local play, but they removed the me's the fuck Also now in most games you can only talk to your team instead of having open communication with the whole lobby And in some games you can't even talk at all I'm even hypocritical and have contributed to less socialization I'll often mute everybody in a public game lobby because somebody will have their mic on but there's no conversation It just gets obnoxious People just don't like to talk anymore. The last time I really felt the old times come back was in 2019 when modern warfare came out But looking back on last-gen gaming it was really quiet I still socialize a shit ton with friends in party chat But I found normal game lobbies to be a ghost of its past self But I still have fun in cod lobbies time to time You fucking idiot The next point I'm going to bring up will be leading the rest of the arguments for this video But the main reason consoles don't hit the same today is because of fortnite You might think this is a meme, but I shit you not fortnite changed gaming And has been the biggest factor to why consoles don't hit the same anymore quick story in seventh grade I got a school laptop my friend cracked the admin passcode and installed steam and since tf2 was free I put all my 4 20 hours in that bitch during the whole school year And then in 2016 cs go hit its peak and everyone who went to gaming pc was playing it I had a shit rig, but I would get home throwing some pyrocynical and trying to get past silver four That never happened. I would legit get like two frames a second PC culture wasn't small, but it wasn't at all mainstream Like there was a time before discord people were using skype and teamspeak Jesus christ Most people who had good pc setups were rich snob neckbeer losers who thought they were better than everybody And the others were just sad and quiet people It was almost a shame to be a pc gamer and then fortnite changed everything fortnite released and the game exploded Everyone in the world started playing it and then people who were good at the game started becoming e-celebrities Competitive gaming was a joke to the mainstream MLG was used for fucking montage parodies But since fortnite was so mainstream we saw people gain fame quickly for being good at shooting pixels ninja tsm myth Tifu, dakotas, etc. were league of legends and csgo were the cringe loser games on twitch for pc players Fortnite was a mainstream titan that destroyed stereotypes Ninja was known as the best player in the world and even if he wasn't he was the best player in the spotlight But there was still an issue if you played on ps4 pc or xbox one You couldn't play with other people unless you had the same console like every other game in the world due to exclusivity But then on march 15th 2018 an update released for fortnite that allowed PlayStation and xbox to cross play with pc and mobile and ninja who was considered to be the best player in the world Played a match with drake who was the largest artist in the world Like for real though god's plan was on every goddamn day on the car radio and ninja was on pc While drake was on playstation 4 and that stream broke the record for the most concurrent viewers of an individual streamer on twitch Topping at 628,000 people. I know i'm focusing a lot on fortnite right now But this was extremely important for video games It was no longer dorky to use a keyboard and mouse or to have a good pc for higher frame rates And playing video games wasn't something that made people destined to work at mcdonald's when you start working at mcdonald's on saturday There's ain't no party and there's ain't no disco That'd be youtube twitch streaming and pc gaming was mainstream with pc gaming seen as the best way to game I had friends who were full-on console leaders by pre-built setups that summer to play fortnite And they entered the world of pc gaming and when they got their pc they started playing with friends who were on consoles The main point is that fortnite started to break the barriers of cross play I know bedrock edition minecraft had it first but fortnite mainstreamed it and a year later cross play was introduced for Everybody in fortnite if you played on xbox you could play with people on playstation and eventually the nintendo switch joined the party This was the death of the mainstream console war Nobody gave a shit about what platform you played on because a majority of people were just going to play fortnite anyway And this principle started spreading everywhere You could cross play on rocket league call of duty 2019 and ford, which is the largest fps franchise of all time Apex legends even the new battlefield and while it's a fucking train wreck at least it progressed to the times and now has cross play And while this was great for gaming it was horrible for consoles the appeal of upgrading a console was for Exclusivity you couldn't play certain games unless you were on next gen You couldn't talk to last gen people unless they were on next gen And you couldn't play with last gen players only next gen players So the urge to upgrade was due to the fear of missing out And as of right now if you have a playstation 4 and not a ps5 or an xbox one and not a series x You were not missing out at all games or cross play voice chat is cross play. So this reduces urgency There's no urgency to upgrade to the next gen when the switch was released The only game to play at the time was zelda, which was a strong system seller And the gimmick of the nintendo switch was enough to make people have optimism and hope for the console and it paid off If you are a college student or tend to travel a lot or just want a game on the go Then the switch was an awesome console I would bring my switch to class and fight friends and smash on that small ass sidejoy con or race and mario kart The switch was a console with a unique gimmick other than just playing video games So had the same appeal as the we and as of today as a strong catalog to justify its purchase When the pandemic hit everybody was playing animal crossing I had female friends who were super like anti video game because I made people cave troll thinkers get a switch Share their friend code with me and then I would proceed to steal their peaches because my island did not have them The ps5 and series x as of today don't have a spectacular exclusive catalog and the consoles are still ridiculously scout I got my ps5 because I know in the future I'm going to play god of war ragnarok the new spider man or maybe even try that new horizon game That's probably not going to happen. Let's be honest But that's a long time for now and I had the money to spend plus it's kind of my job Skipper you don't even have a hundred cake. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Calm down, buddy The console seller for the ps5 was miles morales Which was on ps4 and the demon souls remake which was a remake of a from software game A from software game most people will quit in the first hour due to it being too difficult Even if you don't play the souls games come on You've seen the elden ring memes and the seller for the xbox series x was halo infinite Which got delayed a year and was mid as fuck Watch this video to know why and since pc gaming is in the mainstream now all the games I would play on xbox for exclusivity I could play on my pc So if you have a decent pc you could just stay on pc game passes on pc and is a great deal When halo infinite came out. I played it on pc I've been playing halo the master chief collection on pc for the last like two years and that has crossplay Most pc games on game pass have crossplay with xbox game consoles Even playstation exclusives are crawling the way over to pc you could play god of war on steam So if the exclusives have accessibility to other platforms and are still available to last gen There's no urgency for these consoles and them being scalped on top of that doesn't give incentive to upgrade But if you don't have a gaming console and can't afford a good gaming pc The xbox series s is actually a great purchase to get into next-gen gaming for only 300 bucks You could run any game good and play future next-gen ready games and abuse these shit out of game pass And all you lose is being able to use a physical disk and for some reason this system isn't scalped at all It was the most sold console over christmas and is great for people who want to gain casualty without breaking the bank But if you have an older console you don't need to upgrade yet earlier I mentioned i have siblings and something that I found interesting was that because of these principles They had no loyalty They didn't give a fuck if someone played on xbox or playstation and they didn't give a fuck about owning one themselves The next generation of children are not playing exclusive games because of cross play and free to play kids play free to play games with cross play Like roblox apex and fortnite even if the game costs money It's basic with no exclusivity like minecraft or call of duty which also have cross play They're not playing halo gears of war even god of war because kids are dumb and don't really like campaign games They want fun sandbox and battle royales kids care more about the games in the box that plays them So it makes sense that they aren't excited to open up a ps5 or series x because the next day They're just going to play fortnite with the same friend group and the same lobby and at least two of those fuckers for sure Don't even have the same console. They're playing when I saw my 360 I saw a future where I could play halo reaching custom games in my room I played gears of war 3 when it came out. I experienced a whole new world But now with my ps5 I just used to play campaign games and relax because my ass starts to hurt when i'm in my pc chair For more than four hours and I like the controller and i'm okay with this Like I said in the intro. This isn't a rant. It's just how the cookie crumbles Console gaming doesn't hit the same anymore because gaming principles for people to play together have gotten better If you're a pc gamer I think it's fucking awesome that you could play god of war on steam and don't even need a playstation console And in the future playstation would just continue to feed the pc gamers if you never owned an xbox I think it's amazing that you don't need to purchase a console and could play most of the xbox exclusives Through steam or game pass for pc. I had friends who didn't grow up with halo who played halo on pc recently And they love it I think it's awesome that if you own a switch PlayStation PC or xbox that you could play games with each other and older consoles without being locked to the system you own I think it's awesome that if you can't afford a ps5 or series x You don't need to upgrade or given to scalper bullshit because you aren't missing out and you could still cross play with new consoles And all the other guys But that idea of having that new world isn't gone completely because those siblings I just mentioned are still having that moment I had with my 360 alongside a shit ton of other kids in the world Where they didn't care much about the xbox series x because it serves the same purpose as the xbox one They are in love with vr like the 360 the we and the switch This is something new vr is only just starting to hit the mainstream because it's becoming more accessible And vr is still super young, but children are having a blast playing grill attack vr chat pavlov I was not turning towards you like I could Yellow tape around his body Are any game that could be played in vr? I bring up the vr consoles like the quest because consoles don't hit the same anymore because they're not alienating Alienation is a shit gimmick upgrading due to the fear of not being able to communicate or play with people is whack And i'm happy that principle is abolished But console gaming could still be special and exciting like it once was the nintendo switch and vr prove this I know they both have exclusive games for their console But I don't mind that the switch is fun and has an exciting gimmick that makes it stand out vr is fun and has an exciting gimmick that makes it stand out Gaming isn't dead. It's just that consoles are now becoming PCs and normal games are starting to suck so people think everything sucks I'm grateful I grew up as a console kid in the old generation But times have changed and if the future generation could all play together and experience evolution that doesn't surround Who gets to play halo or not? I'm all for it. Well, that's the video. 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