(Season 4) Episode 4 – Generational Crawl (Gen 7-9)

[Gaming Arc 3/6]

We finish off our (very not) short history lesson, starting with the Seventh Generation of game consoles! Included in this episode: the Wii, Xbox 360, PS4, and mountains of complaints.

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Sources:

• Seventh Generation of Game Consoles:
  • Microsoft Xbox 360:
    • XBLAFans.com, 2013, Accessed: 23 August 2021, “Red Ring of Death: Xbox pathologist explains the plague”
    • Business Insider, 2 September 2015, “How Microsoft spent $1 billion on a simple mistake with the Xbox 360“
  • Sony Playstation 3:
    • Gadgets 360, 11 July 2018, “PS3 Launch Price Was a Mistake: Sony Studios Boss“
    • IGN, 27 July 2016, “PlayStation 3 Launch Price a ‘Total Shock’ to Microsoft – IGN Unfiltered“
  • Microsoft’s Kinect:
    • CNET, 18 November 2021, “Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect review“
• Eighth Generation of Game Consoles:
  • Nintendo Wii U:
    • The Guardian, 3 February 2017, “RIP Wii U: Nintendo’s glorious, quirky failure“
    • CNET, 23 October 2016, “Nintendo Wii U review“
    • Engadget, 5 August 2014, “The Wii U name is still hurting Nintendo“
    • TechRadar, 16 May 2014, “Nintendo Wii U review“
  • Playstation VR (PSVR):
    • TechRadar, 17 June 2021, “PlayStation VR review“
  • Nintendo Switch:
    • Tom’s Guide, 5 May 2021, “Nintendo Switch review“
    • Joycon Controversy:
      • IGN, 16 February 2021, “All the Lawsuits Nintendo Is Facing Over Joy-Con Drift“
      • The Verge, 13 July 2021, “The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con drift problem, explained“
      • GameRant, 26 July 2021, “Nintendo Has Possibly Solved Joy-Con Drift Issues“
  • PS4 Pro:
    • PS4 Pro Page, Playstation.com
• Ninth Generation of Game Consoles:
  • Xbox Series X & PS5:
    • Windows Central, 15 June 2021, “Xbox Series X review: Six months later, the Xbox Series X is proving its worth“
    • Tom’s Guide, 18 August 2021, “PS5 review: The future of console gaming is here“
    • Digital Trends, 19 April 2021, “Xbox Series X vs. PS5“

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