I found the later end of the seventh generation (That is the 360 and PS3 right? I'm so behind on trend) to be rather underwhelming. Seriously, 2012 was just a boring year for games. I can't even remember what crazy, innovative game came out that year. I think Microsoft capitalised early with the Halo series and rode that wave to a high crest. Meanwhile, the PS3 sort of assumed that the amazement of the PS2 would carry it along, and it sort of didn't.

If anything, they were both taken aback with how well the Nintendo Wii did actually! That matched up fairly well too. Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the best selling game of 2008, Mario Galaxy was a hit, hell, even Mario Party did quite well this generation. I'm not sure about actual sale figures, but the Wii was damn close to the two "big boys".

As for the next generation, well, we have the Wii U, which is sort of a 7.5 gap fill meant to tide people over until the 720 or whatever comes out. Will Sony continue this reign? It remains to be seen. The Halo makers still have two more games of this new trilogy left and well I'm sure they will milk Halo, and Call of Duty for all it's worth. I think the Xbox has more solid exclusives though. While I can think of Halo and other titles, what is an actual exclusive for the PS3? Little Big Planet I think is one, and the Uncharted Series were very popular. Eh. We shall see where it leads.

I guess I'm more "loyal" to Sony if only because I was brought up in a Sony household. My older brother loved playing Final Fantasy VII and VIII, so he naturally had a PS1. The love affair continued on really. That, and the fact that I don't really play online, like ever. The PS3 is probably better for single player while every Xbox game I know of is tweaked so that single-player mode is "target practise" for the on-line experience.