Most exciting for me is knowing that with each gen it becomes easier for smaller developers to realise their ideas. But overall I'm not really excited, I want to have the new box, hope it isn't too noisy, try current gen stuff like FH4 and see how it was updated, check some new games. It will be a mild excitement for a couple of days because it's a new toy. As someone who for the most part always jumped between consoles and PCs for almost 4 decades it all feels like a continuum. But where gaming will go next and how games will surprise me is something that excites me to think about as someone with a passion for gaming. It's just not tied to a new gen.

I too can't stand outrage YouTubers. The entire month or so leading up to TLOU2's launch was unbearably annoying with the army of chuds decrying the leaks. But as somebody already mentioned, when your demographic is mostly reactionary 12 year olds, you kinda gotta go with the flow and avoid any sort of nuanced discussion surrounding any given topic.

Gameplay Demo from TGS 2020. Youtube Video