8 Crippling Flaws In Popular Video Game Consoles
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Though we like to compare Fortnites to PUBGs, Horizons to Zeldas and Call of Dutys to Overwatchs, none of these conversations would even happen without consoles.
The forefront of technological hype surrounding the industry, gaming tends to be on the cutting edge of controllable visual media - at least, once Hollywood have had a bash with the latest CG effects. Be it motion controls, virtual reality, even writing visual media to discs years before DVDs would replace cassettes, gaming's technological side is a wonder to see in motion, be it through previews or hands-on sessions.
That said, the consumer tends to be the guinea pig in gaming way more than the likes of the mobile phone market. As console cycles tend to be around the five year mark, teams are forever caught in an overlapping schedule of developing something new just as their past invention has released.
It's resulted in the guarantee that whatever you buy day one is the hands-down worst version of a given system - a reality that means a ton of incredibly popular and well-regarded consoles actually limped out the gate.