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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-223 hours agoFive years… in the OG days we’d be prepping for the next generation about now. Then things got weird around the 2008 financial crash. :( (US dates) Atari 2600 - 1977 Atari 5200 - 1982 Atari 7800 - 1986 Atari Jaguar - 1993 NES - 1985 SNES - 1990 N64 - 1996 Gamecube - 2001 Wii - 2006 Wii U - 2012 Switch - 2017 Switch 2 - 2025 Sega Master System - 1986 Genesis - 1989 Sega CD - 1992 32X - 1994 Saturn - 1995 Dreamcast - 1999 NEC Turbo Grafx 16 / CD - 1989 NEC Turbo Duo - 1993 Playstation - 1995 PS2 - 2000 PS3 - 2006 PS4 - 2013 PS4 Pro - 2016 PS5 - 2020 PS5 Pro - 2024 Xbox - 2001 Xbox 360 - 2005 Xbox One - 2013 Xbox One X - 2017 Xbox Series X - 2020
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·22 hours agoI feel like part of it was that the console revisions past 2008 aren’t as big of a deal as they were before. You also had publishers start producing games for multiple generations of consoles at the same time.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 hours agoGames took way longer to make in the 7th gen and later, so 5 years for a console generation didn’t cut it anymore.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoI’ve owned 15 of the consoles listed. Doesn’t seem like I’ve been through that many of them!
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-217 hours ago24 for me and I still own most of them.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-221 hours agoSega even had an earlier console in 1983 called the SG-1000. It was only released in Japan though.
Five years… in the OG days we’d be prepping for the next generation about now.
Then things got weird around the 2008 financial crash. :(
(US dates)
Atari 2600 - 1977
Atari 5200 - 1982
Atari 7800 - 1986
Atari Jaguar - 1993
NES - 1985
SNES - 1990
N64 - 1996
Gamecube - 2001
Wii - 2006
Wii U - 2012
Switch - 2017
Switch 2 - 2025
Sega Master System - 1986
Genesis - 1989
Sega CD - 1992
32X - 1994
Saturn - 1995
Dreamcast - 1999
NEC Turbo Grafx 16 / CD - 1989
NEC Turbo Duo - 1993
Playstation - 1995
PS2 - 2000
PS3 - 2006
PS4 - 2013
PS4 Pro - 2016
PS5 - 2020
PS5 Pro - 2024
Xbox - 2001
Xbox 360 - 2005
Xbox One - 2013
Xbox One X - 2017
Xbox Series X - 2020
I feel like part of it was that the console revisions past 2008 aren’t as big of a deal as they were before. You also had publishers start producing games for multiple generations of consoles at the same time.
Games took way longer to make in the 7th gen and later, so 5 years for a console generation didn’t cut it anymore.
I’ve owned 15 of the consoles listed. Doesn’t seem like I’ve been through that many of them!
24 for me and I still own most of them.
Sega even had an earlier console in 1983 called the SG-1000. It was only released in Japan though.