10 WORST Decisions Made By Console Makers

Video game console manufacturers have been making mistakes from the very beginning. Here are our favorite examples.
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[@gameranxTV]

We finally got to talk about the Phillips CD-i!

[@xenobestx8423]

gameranx Nice.

[@KaioButStupid]

Ok

[@coolcolegaming555]

gameranx are you gonna do a resident evil 2 before you buy.

[@JJ-Smiles-86]

You forgot the decision of shutting down the Dreamcast.

[@medievalshadows2836]

@gameranx i dare you to do a resident evil 2 before you buy

[@nickhoare1570]

lol that 2009 US internet speed is my current 2019 Australian internet speed

[@InsaneDust]

Hahahaha I know right

[@mattyj_]

Mine is worse 2mb/s squad because Australia is fun

[@AaronStichter]

It is still my US internet lol. I feel your pain

[@jackbunton9424]

NBN gang 🙃

[@robertomorales566]

If it makes you feel better, being Military I’ve been to Korea and Dubai where they have blazing fast internet but we get shafted by paying $150 US for *up to 10mbs

[@datfurrylemon]

Worst decision: content that was supposed to be in the game disguised as dlc

[@scottrich976]

Most new ones then ?

[@Killer3GS]

And how is that related to console MAKERS again?

[@datfurrylemon]

@@Killer3GS yeah your right i just hate it

[@Killer3GS]

@@datfurrylemon We all do

[@desox123]

So basically current generation?

[@Viktoria_Thaelin]

3:03 remember when everybody was up in arms about Facebook snooping on you? And then all those same people buy an Alexa

[@WitheredFreddo]

*When the xbox one was Online only*

[@christobanistan8887]

That should have been #1, easily, and Microsoft's incredibly slow reaction to it in the several days following the XBox One announcement. It literally lost this generation of the console wars for them after they spent so many years clawing the market away from Sony. Of course by shifting their focus back to the PC, they made an equally brilliant decision, as the PC is now dominating the gaming market, rendering the console market increasingly irrelevant. They used their built in advantage to great effect! That move earned them lots of loyalty points from gamers who refuse to abandon their extremely optimized platform, especially after Steam's pitiful effort to draw gamers away emphasized how well supported gaming is on Windows.

[@deformedalbinogamingcat5854]

I feel I’ve seen you on Giofilms channel before....

[@paghahanapngkaluluwa7432]

lol that was a thing???

[@xero1782]

@@christobanistan8887 pc in general is better. You don't have to pay for online like you do with PlayStation or xbox

[@ChuckFinley33]

Yeah that was pretty bad. I remember when they said that at e3 along with the announcement of the Xbox one. One of the bigger reasons why I chose the ps4

[@Gyushinoo]

#1: *PAID ONLINE*

[@Tibovl]

Yes! Why the fuck is that not in the list?

[@nathanielenochs1843]

#2: PAY 2 WIN MECHANICS IN ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAMES!!!!! Oh wait. That's just EA, Activision, Ubisoft, KONAMI, and Bethesda (Recently)

[@Gyushinoo]

Nathaniel Enochs anthem and bfv aren’t exactly looking pay to win so +1 for ea but they’re not really good games either so -1

[@epicgamer2670]

@@Gyushinoo anthem hasn't had anything released about it yet. Could still be a mess

[@VoidToto]

Blame Microsoft

[@Redslayer0908]

The worst console decision is that you need to pay to play online

[@kstanni87]

It started during the late end years of ps3. But the X-BOX and PC Steam did it way before sony did.

[@joshpierce746]

kstanni87 you don’t need to pay for online on steam

[@xitsjinxbtwx]

You're paying for a service. That's how it works

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

@@xitsjinxbtwx yeah but you are paying for a service that doesn't need to be paid for Seriously, with PC you only have to own the game and pay for WiFi itself, you don't have to get a subscription service to use the WiFi capabilities that came with the device

[@SnailHatan]

@@xitsjinxbtwx No, that’s how buying the game works. Online and season passes are bullshit. Either include those excessive costs in the cost of the game, or don’t charge for it at all. I’m already paying up the ass for internet. I don’t need to pay to use what I’ve already fuckin paid for.

[@bollocks3168]

It’s 2019 and i’m just finding out there’s a slim version of the wii😂😂😂

[@mackjones7688]

But you're Gary Busey... aren't you just finishing getting the fire stick and Roku working?

[@NespeCoaching]

It's 2020 and I'm just finding out, but honestly why did anyone need a Wii mini? Unless you had no internet connection or no interest in using it for gaming, why get a Wii mini? The regular Wii was tiny anyway

[@la4Games]

Me too. I am just know right now from this video 😂😂

[@popixel]

The Wii Mini was trash.

[@DunCcanST4R]

There were so many things on here that i had never heard of before 😂

[@Nova3482]

1. Paying for Online Multiplayer

[@azulaquaza4916]

Paying for Online means more better and secure servers that's why PS went with it.

[@milosm9280]

@@azulaquaza4916 Servers are owned by people who created the game.

[@milosm9280]

@@azulaquaza4916 PS went with it because of money.

[@azulaquaza4916]

@@milosm9280 What are you talking about? Those are matchmaking servers which are focused on creating matches. To have the ability to connect with other players around the world is Xbox live and PlayStation networks servers. They do need to pay people to watch those servers and maintain it, and constantly upgrade it which is where the money comes into play. Why use the money from yourself which would be a loss of profit when something can pay for itself and you make a small profit of it?

[@DatGrunt]

@@azulaquaza4916 Console manufacturers get a cut from every single game and micro-transactions sold for/on their system. They already get paid. The extra fee they charge you is there simply to get more money out of you. The servers you play on are provided by the game developer/publisher and not the consume manufacturer. Steam has more features, has better security, and it's free. Why can't Sony and MS do the same ting? They charge you because you don't have a choice. Not to give you a better experience.

[@zgarner2]

PSP not supporting regular micro SD cards and making their memory sticks absurdly expensive.

[@DayVeeBoi]

And then again on the Vita....

[@mechamania]

Yeah, but PSP has an easy work-around, whereas, with the Vita, despite having “not supported it,” for well over a year, they continue making _mandatory_ system software (if you wanna use your digital games) updates that do one thing: crack down on modding a system in which they have ZERO interest - and they seemingly never did, except when designing that beast.

[@aviatorsdream4686]

That was the Vita... the PSP didn't use common storage media... but it wasn't proprietary. It used Memory Stick Duo and later Micro. Those both were used in a number of Sony Cameras, TVs and Walkmans. The Vita however has it's own media that's very expensive.

[@supahtyp]

Which wasn't a surprise, because Sony has been doing this shit since their very first console.

[@david0aloha]

Surprised that the initial Xbox 360s, which red ringed themselves by literally melting and scorching their insides, didn't make the list.

[@david0aloha]

@@The_Great_Saiyaman Technical and design decisions ARE decisions. Deciding to build and release a console which is unable to sufficiently remove heat from the CPU is a bad manufacturer's decision.

[@SATO_FD2R]

*_#1) Sony not giving the PS Vita the push it deserved in the West_*

[@lekanraposte6732]

Also, Sony forcing their own overpriced memory cards on the Vita instead of going with standard SD cards like the Nintendo DS.

[@123RADIOactive]

佐藤 - Satō the whole thing was ruined due to how expensive the memory cards were. But the other reason why I think it failed is due to the fact that their games were made primarily as a home console game rather than having portable games in mind. Meaning that many of the games were not meant for you to play within a short period of time.

[@lekanraposte6732]

@@123RADIOactive I don't mind the portable home console experience. It was the Vita's mai draw after all. But that 200$ 32GB memory card coupled with games that were 1GB to even 7GB each was really NOT customer friendly. The Switch Lite have the same problem but at least they use standard SD cards that are reasonably priced at least.

[@DigitalDash-]

They pushed way too hard on indie/rpg games. Plus memory price was ridiculous! The games they promised never came

[@johnnyjay6959]

PS4 no backward compatibility

[@Shorty15c4007]

PS3s and PS2s are dirt cheap. Most of us don't care. Better to say PS4 doesnt allow you to transfer and save MP3s in the HDD.

[@tobsmonster2]

@UberTech Damage control more please. I'm not yet convinced.

[@desox123]

UberTech Speak for yourself everyone cares maybe not you even This channel has videos on it lmao

[@Shorty15c4007]

@@desox123 Not really, the majority doesnt care about reverse compatibility. If they did, then the PS3 nor the PS4 would sell as well.

[@evaneleck2232]

@@Shorty15c4007 I really wanted ps3 games on my ps4 but I guess not everybody wants that. 😢

[@connorhandforth814]

Paying subscriptions to play with your friends after spending £300+ on hardware and games...

[@xXpr1son3rXx]

Honestly, from my perspective, we should be happy to do that. If we pay for their online service, then it directly effects the quality of said online service. Which is why Xbox live was so much better than PS up until a few years ago and why up until last year Nintendo hasnt improved on theirs. Here's to hoping Nintendo makes their service better now.

[@thearousedeunuch]

@@xXpr1son3rXx Their profit margin should take server maintenance into consideration, given the amount of money they make.

[@LaMelo-]

pc does not have that. which makes me love and play on pc.

[@DatGrunt]

@@xXpr1son3rXx PC has free online and it's miles better than what consoles have. Xbox Live was simply better because it already existed prior to PSN and Microsoft had a lot more experience.

[@NutiuR]

This is one reason I switched to pc

[@ShinkuGouki]

2:45 He slapped the crap out of that poor kid 🤣🤣🤣

[@jayhawker03]

you do know that the 360 did not come with an HD DVD drive right, that whole thing about games on multiple discs doesn’t apply since they were on regular dual layer DVD’s. The 360 had an HDDVD expansion drive not a standard internal drive.

[@Pdor_figlio_di_Kmer]

And to make things worse, the HDDVD expansion could not be used for loading games, but only multimedia contents.

[@nickmcmillan4514]

When Sony stop doing backwards compatibility

[@darkwzrd4]

Hopefully ps5 will have it.

[@DVictor23]

Bad for us, good for them... Just look at people buying any old game for full price. Nostalgia sells.

[@freewings2188]

@@DVictor23 or people with pc getting them for free

[@Charles-hy6gp]

@@darkwzrd4 Because you people complained about PS3 launch price, which the first 2 models did have backward compatibility and was removed later to reduced the price of the PS3

[@Xamarin491]

As with previous generations, they would probably distribute PS4 versions (maybe at least for the PS4 Pro) of any new PS5 game that comes out

[@ex2bot]

The Xbox 360 never had an internal HD-DVD drive. It was a regular DVD drive. That’s why later games needed multiple DVDs. They did offer an external HD-DVD drive, but obviously they backed the wrong horse with that. No internal HD disc drive allowed them to undercut Sony in price.

[@SgtAmerica]

THANK YOU!!! I was thinking the same damn thing. The Xbox 360 used an internal DVD drive.

[@MrMarinus18]

Indeed and at least where I lived they outsold the PS3 by a wide margin. The 6th generation was dominated by 2 consoles. The X-360 for hardcore gamers and the Wii for casuals. The PS3 could indeed do more but the X-360 could do all that it needed to do. I remember that saying you had a PS3 was frowned upon. It meant that you were either 1: A spoiled brat who's parents got him everything he wanted or 2: Someone without a life who puts his entire allowance on a game console.

[@desox123]

The Ps3 was overpriced even when taking this into account in the end 360 and wii dominated so eh

[@setsunaes]

@@MrMarinus18 last time I checked PS3 actually SOLD more units than what XBOX360 SHIPPED... and a fair part of that amount where RROD replacement units...

[@chriswynne101]

Worst console decision of all time was people not buying the dreamcast.

[@ilsantomembro]

I still have mine. For the money, it didn't seem like it was worth it, until you owned it. Also, because it was a windows based machine, you could turn it into an emulation station with no problems. Code: Veronica was so far ahead of its time, and Grandia II still is probably one of the best RPGs to date.

[@ceeinfiniti1389]

Dreamcast = A large portion of my childhood. I still have one and still play it.

[@animanga87]

This is only half the story. SEGA goofed by releasing it in between the N64 and PS2 which ended up being far superior hardware that SEGA couldn't compete with because they chose to release during a mid-step.

[@milanmiric5534]

I agree so much... Dreamcast was amazing.

[@wesforehand278]

Yes!

[@woozy_deer]

I look back fondly on N64 cartridges, as a kid there was no better feeling than loading up a new cartridge for a game that just came out. Can't agree with you on that one man, cartridges are such a part of the nostalgia!!

[@MrMarinus18]

One big advantage of cartridges that almost nobody talks about is their durability. I remember when I had a N64 and my friend had a PS1 the biggest difference wasn't the loading times but that we had to handle the CD's with care and always put them back into their cases while with the N64 we just had the cartridges litter around everywhere.

[@sleepysteev2735]

Floppy discs are durable.

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

Still using cartdridges instead of discs was a huge OOF for Nintendo, Its the main reason Square Enix abandoned Nintendo and went to make FFVII on the Playstation 1. Its not worth having Cool looking 3D graphics when sound quality and specially memory space is so small. I kinda dislike the pixalated look from the ps1 and definetely preffer the actual 3D graphics from the N64, but Shigeru's arrogance and saying that people wouldnt Care for CDs instead of cartdridges costed him the competition. Lol.

[@pacoramon9468]

Nintendo eliminating the virtual console from the Switch.

[@OutlawAladdin]

What happen??

[@phonzeh]

can't eliminate something that was never there =P

[@littleman7514]

paco ramon Just get VC games on the Wii U

[@dragonreverseadulinanda4614]

Nintendo made the sword

[@Toastcat890]

Yep would have gotten this first instead of the PS4 if they allowed you to buy older games like the PS4 does.

[@razgriz821]

Oh i remember buying an addon light lamp to my gameboy advance.. man did that drain my batteries.. i couldnt save money to buy rechargable batteries because my urge to play immediately made me buy regular energizer batteries..

[@quintonquill]

yes i too had this was a expensive pen light clip that ate dc power.

[@LanceStone93666]

I had an external light/screen magnifier that ran off its own battery but wasn't nearly as efficient as the gba itself.

[@mikeluna2026]

Using cartridges allowed the N64 to have faster data transmission. So it helped with loading times and level size (meaning more semi open world feel for levels, like mario 64, banjo kazooie, etc). Using the CD would have allowed it to have more detailed graphics, but loading times would have been longer, and levels probably a lot of bite sized ones. At the time Nintendo chose the first option for that reason, and money, obviously, cause they made the cartridges.

[@SkyeV5]

Wow, I didn't even know the Gameboy Advance SP lacked a headphone jack, and it was one of my favorite handheld consoles of all time. I put hundreds of hours into it. Don't remember ever once being like "Wow I wish I had a headphone jack." but now Im like "wtf how would you live without that". How times change

[@stevienguyen2047]

Skye. Eh. It was just 32 bit beep blip music. Couldn’t even hear speech lol

[@TechBlade9000]

@@stevienguyen2047 Sonic Advance 3 wants a word with you

[@Jimmymatthewb]

Same here. Played that thing for hundreds of hours and somehow right now am finding that out for the first time it's incredible.

[@quite1enough]

any paid online and pay-to-win schemes

[@quite1enough]

@aj schott k

[@quite1enough]

​@Ethan Johnson umm

[@Quangipoo]

Making the memory cards using materials carved from Godzilla's back, looking at you Sony, you murdered the Vita.

Quangipoo there are SD adapters.

[@MrKozlosPL]

@ yeah... Almost 4 years after launch, ONLY with hacked console. They just murdered vita out of their greed.

[@zamirewilson7424]

Yeah, that could have given the 3DS and Switch a run for its money, after an upgrade of course, but yeah, they did kill it with that memory bull-bull along with other stuff.

[@Jeremiah71603]

uh? so a memory card that can survive any man made weapon and is able to charge up radioactive fire breath beams? sounds durable and deadly but I agree probably not great if used as a digital storage device

[@robertstoner4973]

I loved my Ngage QD. It could play a lot of games but only Pathway to Glory was worthwhile. The phone and texting weren't bad

[@Saturnsonic95]

pocket kingdom was awesome, especially for that time

[@mrbasscow]

Only the real OG’s will remember the little tiny lamp you put on your gameboy color to see the screen

[@WardofSquid]

No. 0: *Nintendo Switch Online: Forcing players to pay to play online, when they never had to for over a year after the Switch was released. And the online play is still terrible* .

[@levistuart2871]

ikr, everyone's talking about how bad ps4 and xboxs is but atleast they get games and good servers. switch get a raspberry pi and awful servers. not saying xbox or ps4 paid online is good or anything.

[@RightClickChannel]

Nice job describing how the Free to Online process has worked longterm for each of the Big 3 so far.

[@downey2294]

not to mention that you cannot use voice chat without a phone if it's even an option for that game. atleast the games are pretty fun

[@dnsjtoh]

levi stuart, you also get with the switch online TONS of nes games for free, so it’s worth it.

[@trithos7308]

@@dnsjtoh no it really isn't. You want a killer deal on games? Look up humble bundle.

[@danielvandervalk2823]

Number 0 was forgotten, Sony making online paid on the ps4

[@Gazzoosethe1]

That's a nuclear disaster

[@meskoareyouhere]

Same on xbox lol

[@reanukeeves5088]

i was gonna say that too

[@zacharymorin4634]

really isnt that bad especially with the games they give you each month. alot of good games were free in the last couple months and this month (february) is hitman AND for honor. Also they had Mafia 3 and God of War a couple months back. IMO you don't just pay for online you pay for ''free games'' and if you get 1 every 2 months you get your money back, fast. Also by paying you get better servers overall. Servers on the ps3 were so bad it wasnt even funny at some points

[@silent_stalker3687]

Blek Spoderman Games they force the developers to censor.

[@gianttacogod]

1. Gold and plus

[@TheJoker61541]

Thank you

[@wutduh8697]

Louder for the people in the back!

[@desox123]

Exactly

[@TheTicassShow]

@Ethan Johnson Ever heard of Steam ?

[@willywanker1728]

They make hella money with it so actually its good for them

[@jumahamis227]

Wow it’s astonishing that Nintendo did everything first, even removing the headphone jack 😂

[@erickh555]

1# making online gaming a paid suscription :(

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

It was like that since the beginning of online gaming and it's not until private server came up that people realize it's more profitable to have microtransactions.

[@erickh555]

@@FlameRat_YehLon it was not the common denominator in ps3 not even in wii or wii u and never ever on pc so.... yeah, its sad anyways

[@sonybae4652]

that's not gonna stop them, since most ppl who complain about it dont even play on console, also on psn reg 3 it only cost me like $26/year even $18 when it's on sale lol

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

@@FlameRat_YehLon Uhhh no it wasn't

[@mikee6666]

@@sonybae4652 It's not so much the money, it's more the principle of the matter. Used to be that when you bought a game, you had a complete game you could fully enjoy and do what you want with. Now - game are consistently released broken and unfinished; the retail price is just a base rate, you have to pay extra to get a complete game via DLC and microtransactions; Special Edition versions are seldom complete packages, any perks are single use downloads; an increasing number of games require online connectivity, unconscionably even when online elements aren't an integral part of the game; there's a concerted push toward killing the secondhand game market, can't on-sell digital downloads (afaik), and many discs now require paying for an extra registration to fully unlock the features. Etc, etc, etc . . . . Having to also pay extra to use the multiplayer feature of a game you've already paid for is just another kick in the bollocks. Admittedly (with PSN anyway, don't know about the others) you do get a lot of bang for your buck when you get Playstation Plus. But still, shouldn't be a requirement for playing games you already own. (Which is another point of semantic contention. Used to be when you bought a game, you owned that game. Now the manufacturers claim is typically that when you "buy" a game, you've just paid for a licence to play it, or some nonsense like that.)

[@AlphaDevil2018]

You forgot Microsoft throwing away used games

[@MartyD171]

Number 1: The game lineup for the PS Classic.

[@chuffin4]

Who remembers when the original Xbox 360 didn’t have internet capability unless you bought the wireless network adapter and when you had to but the hard drive separately?

[@crippanda6]

It always had an ethernet port

[@zeroturn7091]

Yeah, I used a WRT54G with DD-WRT.

[@Titankiller41]

Love you guys hope you guys are having a great new year so far

[@FascistTangerine]

The 32X for Sega Genesis was unfortunate shit I bought into. They released approximately 10 games for the system in total before abandoning it completely in favor of the Saturn.

[@MrFallen1ne]

Actually Jay it was beaten out by another failure of Sega which was the Sega CD.

[@drainer3339]

There are exactly 40 games for it and about a third of them require a Sega CD to play

[@JesseLJohnson]

I have one. it came with Doom or a similar game and it didn't even work and I had another game that I am pretty sure was a boxing game that was alright then soon as I got it they dumped the system and I got a PlayStation lol.

[@n0isyturtle]

Top 3 Worst Decisions Made By Console Makers: #3 - The N64 controller design #2 - Making the N64 a cartridge-based system #1 - Releasing the N64

[@cgordon5745]

Worst decision your mama made was not using contraception 9 months before your birth.

[@n0isyturtle]

Top 3 Highest Sodium Things on Earth: #3 Don Juan Pond in Antarctica #2 Sifto Salt Mine in Goderich, Ontario #1 Nintendo fanboys

[@christobanistan8887]

​@@cgordon5745 Original

[@THATONEGUY-nt4gk]

noisyturtle you got to respect n64 it had some amazing games

[@barrywallace4985]

@@THATONEGUY-nt4gk No it did not, it had a lot of grossly overrated piles of shit on it. Like both Zelda games, Super Mario 64, Goldeneye and Conkers Bad Fur Day, all steaming piles of crap that are not worth the praise they are given.

[@davidg7136]

Your jokes are hilaruous probably the delivery. But im cracking up 3 vids in a row lmao

[@VulturePilot]

Microsoft is still paying the price for their 2013 E3. Made me switch over from 360 to PS4. I didn’t get an X1 until 2015 once they finally started to course correct.

[@bigboi9711]

Ikr

[@micahthomas7699]

I agree. The Xbox 360 was awesome but the Xbox One was and still is kinda wtf 😆😆😆

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

Sports sports sports sports

[@micahthomas7699]

@CypherI agree it's a little better now but the Xbox 360 was far better. The Xbox One main focus was not gaming when it launched and sadly that still a little holds true even now. Games are what a system.

[@Gameon22387]

@Cypher I 100% agree. I have both xbox one and ps4. This gen sony just killed it with exclusive games and xbox just bombed, hands down and thats why they trail by so much in terms of sales even tho xbox box one x is a much better under the hood. Nothing is really being done you utilize that power, also not having any console selling exclusive games.

[@evaristegalois6282]

*Consoles are fine, but I’m still waiting for Soulja Boy’s tech company to develop it’s own gaming PC*

[@Gint._]

Evariste Galois Only prebuilt i’ll buy

[@marcrisa6352]

Hush ! Don't give him any ideas !

[@braddywakler8601]

Evariste Galois steal*

[@vincentpollack]

Soulja PC

[@eshuorishas9987]

Steve T Nahh not crappy offbrand Chinese enough for Soulja boy to sell it.

[@markhutchison5157]

The Gameboy light was only released in Japan. I do remember though when I was 12 with my grandpa, walking in Downtown San Francisco and seeing some in those in a window of those Japanese tech stores.

[@carljansen4583]

Upside to the kinect, it was really useful with the creation of smart home interaction for people with physical disabilities. So at least something good came out of it.

[@Aragorn7884]

Apple's Pippin was worse than Nintendo's Virtual Boy...

[@okmer2396]

Why buy a mini console? It aint handheld so what does it matter?

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

I mean shelf space is a thing that exists, some people with smaller homes or apartments have it at a premium. Not that the Wii took up much anyway, thing was tiny and designed to stand on its end.

[@okmer2396]

@@VeraTheTabbynx tfuck is 20 or even 30 centimeters gonna matter? You live in a 4 by 4 meters house? Tfuck 🤣 but i do get what you mean. But still? Tfuck.

[@VeraTheTabbynx]

@@okmer2396 Some people, either by choice or situation simply don't have a ton of avalable shelf space. This can be due to a general lack of available space, or that what space is there is used up. For instance, since I share a residence with a close friend of mine, our media center consists of the following on top of 2 chests of drawers: -a flatscreen TV bolted to the wall -an Android box -a record player -2 enormous speakers -a stereo -a Wii U -a 12 disc cd player -an Xbox one -a PS4 -stacks of games for each console -and yes, a Wii, stood on its end awkwardly sandwiched between a stack of Xbox discs and the right speaker while seated on top of the 12 disc changer. Were it really any larger, it would need to sit on the floor.

[@CaveyMoth]

My favorite thing is the shrinking of the main system, and then having to add an external power brick, such as with the PS2 slim.

[@pimptom8704]

I know a few people who can’t fit larger consoles, I personally just throw them in a well ventilated closet.

[@moha_aoun]

1:24 looking at download speeds of advanced countries of 2009 Also me crying at my african 200kb/s 2020 download speed

[@ACBeats09]

Wow im moroccan and we have 4mb/s

[@moha_aoun]

The_Soul_Of_Gaming yeah, algeria has the worst, like literally the worst download speed in the world

[@Ruru240z]

Worst decision: Discontinuation of the Gamecube. That was my favorite console of all time, as with a lot of others.

[@shadowergy6702]

All the soulja boy consoles should get an honorable mention

[@jeremyroberts8822]

Shadowergy I can’t believe he is still trying lol. Have you seen the newest handheld he is selling? It supposedly has like over 800,000 games lmao

[@hubbah9865]

jeremy roberts 800.000!? In your dreams! Lol

[@TheNitroG1]

why they are all existing consoles he slapped his name on and resold at a substantial mark up. hilariously he even list them as "on sale" where he marked them up even higher and then discounted them 50%. his fans must be the dumbest people on the planet. and if he ever wants them to stop questioning if these things are at all worth what he charges for them. well he just says you are trying to keep a black person from making money...fuck that con artist I hope nintendo sues him into homelessness. Crank that, bitch.

[@ajayaj2730]

Yep I agree don't pay attention to the time this was posted

[@jorgeambriz892]

2:59 When you said "Alexa", she actually responded

[@Crazy_killer-qm8ju]

It was a picture showing the light on idiot

[@jono7951]

Crazy_killer 1112 r/woosh

[@chadpowell1832]

I actually still have a Kinect sensor , it’s hooked up still

[@Crazelord91]

Oh man, the *PSP GO* takes me back. I remember thinking a digital only gaming device was ludicrous and no way I'd ever take it over a disk system. Now in 2019 I only play digital downloads.

[@WastedGoatFR]

Ha same!

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

The PSP Go wasn't a bad piece of hardware at all looking back at it. It was way ahead of it's time, maybe too ahead plus 16GB storage? That wouldn't fly for me, the lowest I'd accept is 32GB.

[@terrellcole7633]

The original XB1 announcement is what made me switch to PC after a lifetime of console gaming.

[@PLANTBAT]

XB1 is the worst.

[@joaocarlospaesjr2324]

@@PLANTBAT worst in wath things ? Cost benefit , costumer support , services , online network , hardware with Xbox One X ? I don't think so , PS4 loses in all this things .

[@EliDjahn]

@@DargonTheLegend plug and play? That makes no sense you can easily transport a PC that argument is invalid like all the other nonsensical crap console gamers spew about PC and they wonder why PC players mock them

[@EliDjahn]

@@DargonTheLegend I also play PC, Xbox, and Ps4 and your friends dont know what plug and play means you cant jusy download your account and start playing you would still have to download the games "plug and play" would be plugging the system in and immediately play a game same can be done for Consoles and PC so idk what you are smoking

[@ImmAaronn]

@@PLANTBAT Yeah show the facts boy! I play original xbox one and I love it

[@GamerGabbar]

I absolutely loved the Kinect and wish it actually worked out for Microsoft.

[@paghahanapngkaluluwa7432]

unlock-able content now being considered parts of DLCs

[@zerabp1130]

Small correction Sony does not nor ever has solely own the Blu-ray format. It is part of the Blu-ray Disc Association, which all jointly own the hardware /software patents involved with Blu-ray. This was originally the Blu-ray Disc Founder Group, which consisted of Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Thomson, LG Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung Electronics. Basically Microsoft had hoped it's clout alone would be able to push the medium forward (HD-DVD) but behind the scenes even before the release of the PS3 the BDA had already made contracts with all but two of the 8 major studios at the time including Disney. Basically there was never even going to be a format war from the start both because of the complete technical superiority and just the sheer amount of money already backing the format (Blu-Ray) before it launched. Anyway just wanted to point out that this was not a heads up MS and Toshiba vs Sony. It was also 8 other major consumer electronics players as well as six major studios contractually exclusive to the Blu-Ray format with the seventh (I believe it was MGM) releasing on both and Paramount being the only Studio under contract with Toshiba. So while to the uninformed console masses it looked like it would be a format war it was pretty much already over before either technology launched. The sales also bore that out if you compared the data at the time. I will say this it was great while HD-DVD was around as Bluray Made sure to keep the price at the DVD standard $19.99 in most US locales, and often you could find Blu-ray versions that had been legitimately fully remastered cheaper than their DVD counterpart.

[@Dgardei]

HD-DVD was made by Toshiba.... No wonder it failed. LOL. Of course Toshiba was probably a lot better than Toshiba today. I work IT at a school, and most of the junk laptops and hard drives I have lying around are Toshiba's. I told the tech at HP that if they stop using Toshiba drives in their laptops, then maybe they won't be replacing the hard drive in my wife's laptop for the 4th time in a year period...

[@StacieMMeier]

True and not. Blu-ray format is part of Blue-ray Dic Association. However, it was Sony who developed and copyrighted the Blu-ray Disc, thus they did indeed control and own much of technology.

[@spongebobshouse4437]

Zera BP finger cramps?

[@MrMarinus18]

Well at the time Blue-ray and HD-DVD were about the same and companies were trying to guess which medium was the future. Microsoft backed HD-DVD and once you have backed something you can't pull out again. Originally HD-DVD had many more supporters but several switched at the last second.

[@yannmergezs2820]

Worst Sony descision for PS4 is : ps plus .

[@willhuey4891]

the only reason i use the ps plus is the monthly free games

[@willhuey4891]

thats the reason i use it is monthly free games

[@ignorantrichard7046]

2019 and we are still dongling it out

[@robertmoreland1220]

The Nintendo 64 joystick that wore out within six months of using it

[@mrsplays9817]

I've used the same controller for nearly 20 years and it's still fine.

[@BrokenSaintX]

Or a few days of playing Mario Party, remember the minigames that had you aggresively turning the stick in a full circle for several seconds? Yeah the controller would literally bleed out the joystick particles for weeks after.

[@ivanmontalvo9333]

Well, it was the first one, so it was not an error, it was a step forward

[@EumelaninKnight]

Dishonourable mention: PS4 Pro not having 4k Blu-Ray

[@spongebobshouse4437]

Sam Blu-ray not dvd

[@shahrulnizam4713]

@@Username-2 i bet you havent thought of people with slow internet speed and prefer to buy physical disc rather than download 60GB+ of the game

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

@@Username-2 Physical discs are still very relevant. Digital media for modern games takes a shit ton of space on a hard drive and for one that plays a lot of games, that's very inconvenient. That and from what the guy above me said, not everyone is blessed with decent internet speed so that can be an issue too.

[@ressljs]

Depends how much that 4K drive adds to the price. I am one of those people that still buys movies and TV on disc, so I would have been willing to pay extra for it. But I'm betting I'm in the minority.

[@Malus1531]

@@Username-2 Blu Rays are nice to have a permanent collection; things can get taken down at any time from the likes of Netflix. The quality is also much better than streaming. As for your bad internet argument, that doesn't make sense. People with bad internet might still buy a PS4 for the single player games. Single player exclusives is the main reason to own a PS4. Those same people would be more likely to buy Blu Rays, since their internet is worse.

[@Jamxknife]

Lol that psp go one was a reach........I would download games all the time on my regular psp way before 2009 without issue, and psp games are usually never more than 1GB, not several.

[@MatthewStevensOrMattDave]

Would have been impossible for me with the speeds we had back then, it's why everyone was mad that it didn't read UMDs, because it'd be fine if you could play a game while waiting all goddamn day for another one to download. Nowadays that kind of thing wouldn't be as hard to accept.

[@julianharrison7193]

But digital only, especially at that point is just a bad idea

[@GamerErman2001]

Not every game had a digital release.

[@timothylewis2527]

Yeah. Online and digital downloads were already huge back in 2005. Speeds were great. Don't know why they said that. By the time the PSP Go came around, Call of Duty MW and DLC were already an everyday thing.

[@zamirewilson7424]

There was still plenty of places and homes that didn't have reliable internet. I was amongst them.

[@BenjiH23]

10 years after release, I picked up a PSP GO... And love it! It was just way ahead of it’s time.

[@Ferotiq]

1: Xbox refusing to allow you to cancel a subscription when it got suspended

[@lawlessgarage6030]

Ya-Boi-Insanity that never happens bud think before you speak

[@dominicdecoco4368]

What about having to pay to play online

[@knight-mares]

That's got nothing to do with the console maker

[@iiiii42]

@@knight-mares bruh

[@evanmedi6144]

@@knight-mares thats have every bit to do with console makers

[@LaMelo-]

@@iiiii42 pc doesnt have that.

[@iiiii42]

@@LaMelo- on console stupid

[@madskulthegamer6912]

Hmmm... off the top of my head being an 80's gamer I can say that the Powerglove and the U-Force (I believe that's what it was called) were pretty bad.

[@Cabinet_Juice]

Sam they didn’t mention it be Ayse the Dreamcast is actually a good console. Sure it failed financially but that doesn’t mean everything about it was bad. It had some amazing games, it was the first online console, and VMU’s

[@barrywallace4985]

Biggest console failure ever is the Apple Pippen by far.

[@mikeluna2026]

As a someone who has made VR apps, I have to salute the virtual boy. They encountered a lot of the issues we now take for granted, but they didn't. It was way ahead of its time sadly. Plus, they rushed it too much (Which is the reason it had a single color, they didn't have the tech to allow full color while staying affordable). If Nintendo had let it mature and not kept it secret from 3rd parties it may have been much better and had more games at launch...

[@DragonMasterCOD]

I loved the Kinect though!

[@beanslol1725]

DragonMaster Call Of Dragons yea I played it in 2011-2012 was fun I liked the games

[@gpturismo]

Great hardware, lack of support and cost just really hurt it.

[@oscarmike1131]

DragonMaster Call Of Dragons same here

[@lucasvaughn629]

I still play connect games regularly

[@0rderSol]

The Tragedy of the Kinect is that it's tracking capabilities would have not only made VR more accessible, it would have made Xbox One the go-to VR console.

[@oliverbrown8680]

Advertising the wii u by showcasing the gamepad as an accessory to the wii

[@skeltonslay8er781]

“XBOX!! DISCONNECT KINECT!!!” Xbox: “SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED”

[@djlaen7375]

Now this is a topic I love discussing. I've said this before on similar videos and I think it really makes a huge valid point. I first need to say that I've been a big SEGA supporter for decades. Yes, I've bought other gaming systems (including the Magnavox Odyssey 2) but SEGA had impressed me since the early 90s. But my focus isn't quite on the consoles itself, but rather on the decisions of where games were released. In the mid 90s we were given the SEGA Saturn. This was a great system when it came out considering it was SEGA's second console with online capabilities (yes, you could buy a special cart for the Genesis that could get you online). But regardless of this option for the Saturn, the ONE thing that the Saturn did that no other console system (save for maybe the PC Engine) was that it had 'Yellow' and 'Red' label games in Japan. What are these? Well, you may have played the simple 'Green' label games such as Sonic and Clockwork Knight. But the 'Yellow' label were marked that way because they were rated PG to R. The 'Red' label games, of course, were very adult in nature (NC-17 rating). In short, SEGA had an entire list of games that were strictly blood/gore type to blunt nudity type (also known as 'H' games). Having games like these in the mid 90s was one of the best ideas SEGA had at the time because the cornered the market. Where else could you play a game of Strip MahJong? So what was the poor decision? That was the fact that SEGA didn't [1] Sell the games overseas for more demographic and profit, and [2] Keep making these type games when releasing the Dreamcast and later when partnering with Microsoft. Now before you think I might only be interested in sex games, keep in mind that SEGA was also the only video game console maker to ever make video games FOR THE BLIND in the 90s. I had two of those games, myself for my collection. Dating games were also big on the Saturn. Add in the option of expanded memory, and Video CD/Photo CD card adapter, and the Saturn was quite a system in it's time. But not expanding the market of adult games to the US or other countries may have kept SEGA from making a lot of money. Final point.... I noticed that around 2004, I found a website that showed current game sales. I believe about 8 games were adult types for the Saturn. Laen

[@Alias_Anybody]

The emulator choice on the PS Mini. The horrible stick on the N64. Nearly every modern DPad. The "Duke" Xbox controller. The PS3 Cel-architecture. Proprietary memory cards for the PS Vita.

[@DrBF3000]

Well, N64 stick was the first of its kind.

[@treefiddy727]

Proprietary memory cards for the first Playstations period

[@DeadEyeJ]

You forgot about the Xbox One. Sure, it's good now, but think back to 2013 when the console was first announce and the immediate negative fallout from that. The focus from being a game console to an all-in-one media device (I'm seeing a pattern here), the condescending tone from execs at Xbox towards their fanbase, the anemic hardware specs of the first system (DDR3 for video memory? Seriously?), and the fact that it was $100 more than it's competition because of the worthless Kinect camera that it included.

[@Chaos89P]

I remember. I only heard about the XBOne's problems from hearsay, but I do specifically remember Sony ripping Microsoft a new one, with my personal favorite being how to share physical games on the PS4.

[@marty5144]

Old news next

[@TheDittoMan]

I prefer xbox, but I can agree that the original xbox one was trash. Xbox one s and x were the saving graces that we needed.

[@christobanistan8887]

lol yeah and the initial online-only game option for some games, and how long it too Microsoft to drop that. Although, the people bitching about not being able to trade because games were to be online purchase (like Steam) were a bunch of luddites.

[@lorenblackledge7932]

Lmao and now the one x has better specs than the pro and it’s gonna stay that way with next gen too

[@jjstraka1982]

Is this for real?? Cartridges were one of the MAIN ADVANTAGES the N64 had over Playstation.

[@apachehelocopto1779]

Faster loadtimes would be the only advantage

[@nathanapplegate5374]

Microsoft’s biggest mistake was the X box one... just everything about it at the launch announcement.

[@sethc2241]

1) no backwards compatibility

[@frankgeez6584]

Psp go is trash. Even when hacked the damn thing is prone to so many issues. The hardware is so cheap that it will constantly break. The battery is meh and the worst part is the fact that the memory card is minimal. M2 cards are hard to get above 8gb.

[@SquillagusNiggle]

Agreed, I have played various PSPs from the original PSP-1000 up to the second-generation Vita (all hacked of course) and I could never figure out a reason to buy a PSP Go. Pulling the same "Oh hey you need a new expensive memory card for that expensive system" trick killed both the PSP Go and the PS Vita. Sony never, ever learn.

[@darebrained]

Fun fact about Kinect: Huge amounts of sales were made... to universities and laboratories since it was a great value for the camera and the movement recognition system. In fact I saw a C.A.V.E. in a university in germany equipped with like 4 kinect sensors to give allow you to move in a customized 3D environment without a full 3D headpiece.

[@Brotonik]

10 WORST Decisions Made By Console Makers 1. You bought a console lmao

[@justin-db7hw]

The N64 would've cost over 100 more if it had a disk drive, they were very expensive back then.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

Cartridges were pretty expensive to manufacture.

[@doublecontralto818]

The Sega 32X and almost immediately dropping it for the Saturn.

[@djbadboon]

I was floored that the 32x didn't make it onto this list. Nothing I could say about it would be better than Kim Justice's "Sega in 1995" video. Afaik, none of the other mistakes on this list directly led to a major console manufacturer's death.

[@JesseLJohnson]

I have one. It put such a bad taste in my mouth I ever considered anything from them that came after. It came with one game think it was Doom or something like it and it didn't even work and I had I think a boxing game too which had all kinds of issues and then they just quit making them. It was on clearance though I think when I got it and was so crazy about Sega at the time mom bought it for me. Got a PlayStation right after that. I was probably 14 so around 96 I imagine. Everything Sega did after the first Genesis was a flop though but a lot of it was ahead of its time but still a flop. Just found a bunch of Sega and Nintendo games at my parents house a couple weeks ago cleaning out closets. I had a friend with an Atari Jaguar back in the 90s too. Don't think anybody but him bought one lol.

[@CentralNexusPrime]

I remember in insulting magazine ad ... back when I was a new Sega Saturn owner. It displayed several PlayStation screenshots with the tag line “If you still want a Saturn, your head is up Uranus.” I have not bought any Sony product since. Who thought that ad was a good idea?

[@plasmafx5644]

When I'm rage-quitting and my baby bro comes to close 2:49

[@undizz1]

The funny part about the HD-DVD VS. Blu-Ray thing is that the part of the movie industry that decided to go with Blu-Ray was the porn industry. The rest of the industry realized just how big of a deal porn was and went with the same format to not loose business.

[@StallionFernando]

Fake news

[@zerabp1130]

Wrong format war, six of the eight major motion picture studios had exclusive contracts before the format released. Only one, Paramount, has such a contract with Toshiba. Porn didn't even back the format until about 6 months after the release of the PS3 which at that point HD-DVD was already basically dead. Porn might have made a difference if there was ever a fight to begin with but the truth is that this was never going to be a true format war on the level of Beta vs VHS. Basically HD-DVD was doa and everyone but a few people knew it. Now it would have been much more interesting if MS had fully gone with it with the 360 instead of sticking with DVD but that isn't what happened.

[@reeceboi24]

Someone been watching Tropic Thunder? 🤔

[@jamesisaac7684]

That was DVD vs VHS.

[@PhilomathBret]

*lose

[@SwordInTheStorm]

So ashamed I bought an HD DVD with my 360 it is still in its box all these years later.

[@LenHarms]

The Coleco Telstar I had when I was a kid only had 4 cartridges available I believe but it was still pretty fun to play it.

[@alvallac2171]

*cartridges

[@LenHarms]

@@alvallac2171 TY for this, made the edit.

[@kaleknelson8429]

The end of backwards compatibility for modern consoles something that definately would have bolstered game sales.

[@xenobestx8423]

Well EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME GAMERANX!

[@Doctor_Moisture]

The greatest console of all time.

[@gtlegacy8]

Wait hold up there was a wii mini? When did it came out?

[@WastedGoatFR]

I know right?

[@spongebobshouse4437]

cloud ix I didn't even know it existed

[@shawnwolf5961]

I have one lol

[@ressljs]

They released that several months, maybe a year after the Wii U came out. The problem was it didn't have any online abilities which meant no Wii Shop. I wasn't so into downloadable "Wii Ware" but the virtual console on that system was a gold mine. If someone still wanted a Wii at that point they would have been far better off buying a used standard unit (which were flooding game stores at the time) rather than the stripped down mini.

[@tacomas9602]

ressljs Is the Wii even relevant today?

[@Ryan-qs6bp]

Geez, seeing the gameplay footage of the virtual boy was making my brain go on the fritz.

[@christyp3853]

Wow it was so recent, and yet I completely forgot about the Wii mini lol

[@DyNoCoStEr99]

Y'alls just don't understand the true genius of the Soulja games. Soulja boy is thinking on another level.

[@craftergamers4997]

ExoticCupcake please tell me your joking

[@matthewharris517]

Yes he is thinking on another level.. Level of stupidity!

[@craftergamers4997]

Matthew Harris agreed

[@hubbah9865]

ExoticCupcake yes

[@DyNoCoStEr99]

@@craftergamers4997 I am don't worry

[@shraysinha]

Honestly, I can't see a big reason why people like discs. They scratch so quickly.

[@homedeath4583]

Well what if your account gets banned, or it shows ownership because you know you can’t lose them.

[@homedeath4583]

Well if they scratch quickly then you must be under the age of 10

[@MrMarinus18]

@@frankie6273 The Switch doesn't use cartridges, they use solid drive storage. The two look the same because they both use copper connectors but inside they are different. A reason why cartridges are expensive is because each game cartridge is unique. With CD's you can just mass-produce blank CD's and put different games on them. You can't do that with cartridges as a cartridge needs to be custom made for the game. Solid drive like the Switch is also re writable though of course they have many checks build in to prevent that.

[@Eaawesome59]

That hasn't been an issue for PlayStation since the PS2. Blu-Ray discs have scratch resistance. The only way you're gonna scratch one of those is if you're just lazy with where you put your games or if you intentionally try to scratch one of those.

[@wannabecliffburton4275]

I love discs

[@StarManta]

I'm genuinely shocked to see the Saturn launch debacle not included in this list. First, they turn down pitches from Silicon Graphics and then Sony (which went on to become the n64 and PlayStation respectively). Then, they launch the 32X and cannibalize their own sales and goodwill with consumers. THEN they launch the Saturn months early and wreck their goodwill with retailers. Every decision that doomed Sega as a hardware manufacturer happened in the leadup to Saturn's launch. But I guess one of the Game Boys didn't have a backlight, I can see how that's a bigger deal. /s

[@tsukipon74]

I don't think the one for the SP was that bad. I never had to worry about it.

[@lc9245]

I like the older entries. The cartridge was the most memorable one for me as I felt Nintendo lost its crown gradually to that decision. Because of Nintendo backwardness, Sony gained a proper foothold and prosper from there.

[@Mikerulez101]

How are you not gonna mention Wario Land, the hands-down best Virtual Boy game!?!?

[@CaveyMoth]

I saw VR Oasis play this game on an emulator

[@SgtAmerica]

Wario Land was surprisingly a really good game on Virtual Boy.

[@patchesmcadams1587]

From this point forward though the Wii Mini is pretty much the same as the regular Wii since they discontinued service for it. Although idk if it has Gamecube compatibility or the controller ports or memory card slots. I always liked the Mini look though, I almost got it just because it reminded me of a Dreamcast

[@Big_C_4205]

Man, #3 cracked me up. Did not know such a thing existed lmao.