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We're nearly there. Since Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 at the end of 2005, it's been a long and often fascinating journey through what's loosely defined as the seventh generation of consoles. There's been high drama - the meltdown of both the Xbox 360's innards and Sony's PlayStation Network spring immediately to mind, but it's Mr. Caffeine's own breakdown in front of a bemused E3 crowd that still wins out for me - as well as, most importantly, nearly eight years' worth of outstanding games. With the next generation about to start in earnest in a handful of weeks (sorry Nintendo!), it seemed like an opportune time to look back at the highlights of those past eight years, and to pick out the games that have defined them.
We're not massive fans of list features at Eurogamer, but this one's been conducted with science and a spreadsheet - at least that's how I've justified it to myself. We asked 40 Eurogamer contributors, past and present, to nominate five games of the generation (that's been loosely defined as Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, DS and Wii, with anything released on PC within that timeframe also eligible), and then tallied up the votes to get some kind of consensus.
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