Why Consoles Are Going Extinct

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Since the creation of video games, no piece of hardware has been more important than the console. But with the console market in decline in recent years, what comes next?

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📃 Research Links
PS2 consoles used for weapons
https://www.pcmag.com/news/20-years-later-how-concerns-about-weaponized-consoles-almost-sunk-the-ps2
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-17-fi-20482-story.html?utm_source=reddit.com
Gamecraft episode 6 - Console Castles
https://www.gamecraftpod.com/blog/consoles
Video game crash of 1983
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983
Epic Games turned on cross play
https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/18/fortnite-accidentally-featured-ps4-xbox-one-cross-platform-play-this-weekend
Kodak lost market share
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-90-market-share-7-olga-melnyk
Blockbuster Could Have Bought Netflix for $50 Million, but the CEO Thought It Was a Joke
https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/netflix-blockbuster-meeting-marc-randolph-reed-hastings-john-antioco.html
Sony won't budge on Microsoft-Activision merger objection
https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/09/sony_microsoft_activision/
Xbox leak
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880165/xbox-leak-ftc-documents-new-xbox-series-x-controller-next-gen
KFC console
https://landing.coolermaster.com/kfconsole/
Nvidia Shield
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/
China officially ends ban on video game consoles
https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/25/9039995/china-ends-ban-on-video-game-consoles
China gaming market per platform
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/China_video_game_market_per_platform_2015.png
Twenty countries with the largest population in mid 2023
https://www.statista.com/statistics/262879/countries-with-the-largest-population/
Market size of gaming in South Korea
https://www.globaldata.com/Uploads/Statistics/3ce0a497-bef4-4668-a88b-42feb4115608.png
PlayStation 2 - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Caddicarus @DidYouKnowGamin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HuUa4Lnw9I&t=196s&ab_channel=DidYouKnowGaming
Intellivision commercials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPUMfUvRAOE&ab_channel=TheRetroByte
The First Console War - Atari vs Intellivision (1981) - Video Game Years History @PatTheNESpunk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7QOpdK7OWE&ab_channel=PattheNESPunk
Sega Genesis commercials @gamesyouloved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65E53rNC1io&ab_channel=gamesyouloved
Console Wars - NINTENDO vs SEGA @Flashgitz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBdeKWl0E5g&t=49s&ab_channel=Flashgitz
Crash Bandicoot Commercial at Nintendo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY&ab_channel=NJohnsonAV11
2001 - Xbox Console Reveal with The Rock and Bill Gates @NeoGamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu7o3exy00Q&ab_channel=NeoGamer-TheVideoGameArchive
Microsoft's Embarrassing Xbox One Reveal 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrvE3B5Rz6A&ab_channel=vinesauce @vinesauce
Phil Spencer interview @KindaFunnyGames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKwfEQ1eEyM&t=2240s&ab_channel=KindaFunnyGames


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