Atari 2600/Colecovision/all that 70s stuff: Maze games and shooting galleries
C64: Shoot em ups and sports games
Amiga/Atari ST (both systems largely had the same games): Top down shooters and first person dungeon crawlers
NES: Ultima inspired JRPGs and "action adventure" games
SNES: Run-and-gun and a new brand of JRPGs
Mega Drive/Genesis: Military sims and experimental RTS games
Saturn: Experimental 3D platformers and puzzle games
PS1: Vehicular combat (gonna combine car combat, air combat and tank combat here) and tactical strategy games
N64: Racing and party games
Dreamcast: Whatever Shenmue was and 3D platformers with fixed cameras
Xbox: FPS and open world games
PS2: Sci-fi shooters (both first and third person), retro inspired shoot em ups and open world games
Gamecube: Survival horror and poor Mario games
Wii: Sidescrolling platformers and shooting gallery oriented FPS games
PS3: Third person RPGs and military shooters
360: Cover based shooters and driving games
WiiU: Mario Maker (that's a genre, I think?) and isometric 3D platform/action games.
PS4: Mascot/character action games with ~~serious narrative focus~~ and souls-likes
XONE: Live games and fighting games
I don't think the PS5 and Series X have been out long enough to form any kind of identity yet, I barely know of any games for either system.
And a bonus round of PC eras:
80s: Adventure games, flight sims
90s: FPS games, city builder/simulation games
00s: RTS games, immersive sims/stealth games
10s: Turn-based strategy, survival games
Extra bonus round of handhelds:
Game Boy: Puzzle games and shoot em ups
Game Gear: Brawlers and platformers
Lynx: Vehicular combat and proto-third-person-shooters
Game Boy Color: Farming/management and action adventure games
Game Boy Advance: Space sims and shooters
DS: Visual Novels and synthesizers/music production stuff
PSP: Open world and driving games
Vita: Run-based games and JRPGs
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