2017 blew its load way too early. All the good games came out between January and May. Summer was trash as usual unless you had a Switch. At least Sonic Mania was great.
The rest of the year isn't shaping up to be too good. Not to be a weeb but what the West has lined up can't even compete to what Japan put out. Destiny 2 isn't worth buying until the full edition is released. Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty is the same shit we've been playing for years. Battlefront ll might be solid. At least Wolfenstein will be good. At least we get Odyssey, Metroid, and Evil Within 2.
You exclude the Switch as if it isn't a console. It still had games and those all add to the awesome 2017 releases TC was referring to.
Besides, there were a few good releases. Injustice, Prey, Tekken, FFXII (in actual playable form), Ever Oasis, Fire Emblem, Pyre, Uncharted, and then all of the Switch games like ARMS, Splatoon, and Rabbids.
Plus we still have Mario, Destiny, Battlefront, The Evil Within, Wolfenstein, and Assassin's Creed. But the end is definitely far worse than the beginning by far. 2018 looks to be the same in that regard.
Don't think I excluded the Switch in my post at all. I even mentioned Summer being good if you had a Switch so I'm really not sure what you are talking about. ---