Gaming Consoles You Didn't know Existed

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If you didn’t know, gaming has been around for a while. The advent of 3D graphics and the ensuing transition into modern gaming only describes around 25 years of the medium’s history. As you might expect, countless consoles have been made and released by countless manufacturers. Most of them, judging by the numbers, don’t do so well, so it wouldn’t be hard to pick five consoles out of the air you aren’t familiar with. This is why we’re sticking to recent history, and barring one of the five, which came out in the 1990s, all of the consoles we’re going to talk about came out in the last decade.
Just who are our five illustrious listicle contenders? Glad you asked. We’ve got the Phillips CD-i; the Nintendo Wii Mini; the famed Ouya; the Sony PlayStation TV; and the GPD Win. If you don’t know much about these, don’t worry. If you do, worry a little bit, but still watch. Definitely.
Now, even if you have heard of some of these consoles, in passing, once or twice, make no mistake: We’re going to get into what these consoles did right, wrong, and ultimately, why they didn’t make it in the market. You didn’t click on BuzzFeed Gaming, we promise. You will come away having learned something, or your money back! Now that we have our Satisfaction Guarantee out of the way, make sure to remember if you like this video to subscribe to us here at TheGamer and ring the notification bell to stay up-to-date with all our latest videos!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:00 Phillips CD-i
02:32 Nintendo Wii Mini
03:52 Ouya
05:15 PlayStation TV
06:32 GPD Win
Written by: Ruben Circelli
Narrated by: Joseph Delaney
Edited by: Jean Bernard
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[@EsmeAmelia]

I think most people who are into gaming know about the CD-I and the Ouya.

[@LosHuxleys]

I wouldn’t say most of them but yeah a fair amount knows about them

[@maacMac]

I bet you don’t know the sausage console.

[@SoldToddler]

What?! Tell me

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

It's not real

[@elgwninja]

@@bothwellmutizwa6042 /rwhoosh

[@arjunpathak4582]

Out of the 5 consoles featured in this video...i knew 3 of them existed

[@lordsnom5287]

I feel sorry for the people that never have heard of the Phillips CD-I we got the best zelda game ever the wand of gamalon

[@splashforcegaming2203]

agreed

[@fran5678can]

And the bootiful midi music in pacpanic for CDI

[@elgwninja]

Lord snow I knew from a Scott the woz video

[@shylastar3653]

Me: an ageless immortal and knower of all things: noted

[@goodboy02network90]

The Philips CD-i was not a game console. It was a multimedia platform.

[@SkitBitProduction]

Ouya wasn't game streaming I'm confused. It was just a digital console.

[@RainGorey]

Imagine how different it would be now if nintendo and sony did collaborate,would the playstation consoles still exist? How different would've the future nintendo consoles be,or would they be the same?

[@craigb2343]

"Bet you didn't know this existed..." Looks over at Playstation TV sitting on my desk.

[@agentburningbutters3655]

Didn't expect this come out at this time lol

[@Nightmarri]

I have been notified by this god-awful channel thinks the cd-i is an unknown console. Are you actually serious???

[@nealmcbealthenavysealicall794]

And they thought PSTV was able to let you experience all of the games Vita had to offer. That's bullshit because there have been numerous games that can't be played via PSTV or are simply incompatible

[@Nightmarri]

@@nealmcbealthenavysealicall794 i am not a sony guy sorry. I only have a ps2

[@laughingfurry]

Some sub groups of gaming don't know Megaman is a franchise. And yes, I've actual interacted with those who never heard of it. The idea of gaming communities not knowing of the CDi isn't a surprise.

[@LittleToyBonnie]

I am sure everyone has heard of these consoles

[@Liasisws]

Yup I still have the Wii mini, the other ones though, never heard of them.

[@K.J.Schmutz]

I love my GPD Win... can't wait for 3

[@brobh1636]

Awesome video to see

[@ace3han]

Alternative history their. Nintendo first partnered with Sony but got cold feet when they realized the deal would give Sony too much control and profit from the partnership. So they reneged on the deal during the announcement of the system by Sony. Announcing their plans with Phillips instead. This is how the PlayStation came to be.

[@elgwninja]

This gave me more info then the video

[@HyperKadaj]

Ever heard of the Casio Loopy?

[@shun0825]

actually the verry first portable and home gaming handheld was the gamegear back in 1994 or 1995 and sony did adapt the technology on their sony PSP 2000 series and aded a dock with the psp go plus GPD is not the only company developing PC gaming handheld

[@SassySlayer69]

They ain't lying. I have the ROG Ally, and it delivered everything and more that the GPD promised. So do yourself a favor and just get the ROG.. its amazing

[@petercolbeysgameshowmania7176]

I knew about the first three from other videos, but I haven’t heard of the other two.

[@RandyB-qo2wf]

Sony and Nintendo also made a perfect gameboy but the price was too high to make worldwide

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Most of these I knew of already but the last one. (and to this day, its still funny how Nintendo made their own rival in Sony)

[@rinko8527]

2:50 now i now hes a robot

[@terylkanuk994]

Ahh yes, I bought the Wii mini. I kinda like it even no internet at all

[@TheKillaJT]

i like this, this is cool

[@lukewellman9530]

Me who watches AVGN : that title is wrong

[@adryaunadavis6370]

Me who watches TripleJump: This is a fabrication!💢

[@lollol-hn4if]

I knew about all of them except the last one

[@abdullahahmed7861]

i already know 3 of those consoles the phipps cdi wii mini and oyua

[@theguardiancustode3962]

And the Panasonic 3D-O

[@splashforcegaming2203]

gpd win series looks pretty cool

[@elgwninja]

Wow I less subs then you but have more views

[@brobh1636]

No no consuls are my favorite in that

[@alexanderminor2663]

The comment most don't know was funny, because this video has under 30k views, and AVGN did a video on CDI with 8 million views.

[@SpongeP]

That last one is more like a 3DS, not like a switch

[@robertbrowne2768]

Every game time in Australia is a great time to have a Beer that's so you can drink and play safe in the man cave.

[@jamesaseltine2756]

Makes me want a 3do

[@djalex1219]

What about OnLive? Wasnt that before Ouya?

[@rajivraicharan2868]

I have the GPD XD and I still dont know how to use it to its full potential. I'm so sad. :( ;(

[@BlackFantasy470]

How can one not know about the PSTV?! For fans of japanese games the Vita has some worthwhile games, and who doesn't want to play them on a Tv screen instead of the small screen of the Vita.

[@derealized797]

They go for a decent price now, compared to what they were originally. They're actually really good for emulation.

[@maniac_magee3830]

Lol I guess I'm just a weirdo, there wasn't a single console I had never heard of or didn't own lmfao

[@Riz2336]

I think the only one I didn't know about was the PS TV

[@jackgreen1465]

im a retro gamer so i know all of these and i even have a cdi player

[@LittleToyBonnie]

so you say heaily marketed consoles are unheard of? there a better choices like the iQue player or the Pokemon mini

[@cosmicbrownies1939]

I did knew the cdi

[@AeroplaneMan]

More like consoles we wish didn't exist.

[@elgwninja]

Yeah

[@xsuicidesn0wmanx]

I'm pretty sure I own 5 consoles this KZbinr didn't know existed.

[@devinpledger2251]

You are super cool.

[@xsuicidesn0wmanx]

@@devinpledger2251 I know

[@lord_beethoven1169]

3:34 dating sites describing me to potential partners.

[@catinfection909]

Nvidia Shield tv. Still sold but still counts.

[@inspecta6956]

The Nintendo computer looks sweet

[@LittleToyBonnie]

so by the thumbnail is says WOW I NEVER HEARD OF A FKING CDI BEFORE BECAUSE THERE WERE TOTTALY NO MEMES FROM IT!

[@andrewcool4587]

Stadia is still around.

[@mittensdacat]

I don't think you realise that literally everyone knows about the CDI

[@MonkeMan1453]

I literally knew it in 2012

[@osirisjohnson5165]

Ah yes the kfc console

[@tommysouza6978]

Yes

[@agamezz3705]

If anybody want to play consale games and can download any Android games andd can play 2, 3, 4 players and play Playstation games than buy "Evo gaming box"its only 5,560$ andd you can use wifi on that consale too and also have a remote that make you Tv into a smart tv don't believe me that check it out cuzz its cool

[@LaTwig407]

Hi does the legend respond

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Nintendo consoles in the order 1977-2021 1977: TV Game 6 1978: TV Game 15 1983: Nintendo Family Computer aka Famicom 1985: Nintendo Entertainment Systems 1986: Famicom Disk System 1986: Nintendo Twin Famicom 1989: Nintendo Color Television 1989: Game Boy 1990: Super Famicom 1991: Super Nintendo Entertainment System 1993: NES 2 1995: Nintendo Satellaview 1995: Nintendo Virtual Boy 1996: Nintendo 64 1996: Nintendo 64DD 1996: Game Boy Pocket 1998: SNES Game Boy add on 2 1998: Game Boy Color 2001: Nintendo GameCube 2001: Nintendo Game Boy Advance 2001: GameCube Panasonic 2003: Gameboy Advance SP 2003: Game Boy Player 2004: Nintendo DS 2006: Nintendo DSi 2006: Nintendo Wii 2012: Wii U 2017: Nintendo Switch 2018: Nintendo Switch Lite 2021: Nintendo Switch Oled

[@Reelreactions999]

No surprises here...

[@themanwhosoldtheworld9161]

Bruh, I know all five, and have all of them, do NOT challenge me, just change your title to probably didn't know

[@theguardiancustode3962]

what about the apple pippen

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

Never heard of the GPD Win! Seems like a template for what the SteamDeck Became! 🙄 Ouya and Stadia were both huge Failures!

[@nigstar1239]

They are still a major power in the gaming pc handheld market

[@SoBloxRetroCrYA-UA]

i know about all lol

[@drippinthetandycat7037]

have you heard of the onlive

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

I know what those are lol

[@TheClassicGameBoy01]

Nice

[@mr__gamer7821]

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[@raianalexanderfigueroa7233]

A have a PS5

[@Bachirabbit]

Earlu

[@MohamedNascar]

*No u*

[@Ashtonbee-iz5it]

Cool

[@nemodemolishedgamer7440]

If Xbox series X had Windows I would Not hesitate To buy that Just for 500$$ 😁😁😁😉😉😉💖💖

[@elgwninja]

Same

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch are modern consoles today.

[@masterelitant6065]

umm like we didnt know

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

And it's best it's only them

[@raushonmunni2633]

wow i didnt know what great information

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

@@masterelitant6065 yeah

[@xdoubt4004]

Omg I didn't know

[@davidkokkin1714]

I no ris consol

[@elgwninja]

No one cares

[@pokemontcgopening3306]

I am in the commons first

[@JoinersEJDMohai]

48

[@IanKava]

To The Early Squad Reading this: Sending Virtual Hugs to everyone who need it always stay safe *Read my name* 🥺

[@grubhub9919]

Very nice

[@amd7989]

Hi

[@shylastar3653]

Yeeeee🖤🖤u too!

[@smashmeleeyt]

ok

[@smashmeleeyt]

I subbed

[@Evenmoreskitsybitsy]

Yoo

[@amd7989]

I got here so early

[@Sillybuni]

O

[@aurala4498]

Lo ji po a a on per counsels

[@zack8729]

.

[@felixm4977]

The fact that you don't get that Stadia is really affordable and the tech and the games are great. It shows that you are narrow-minded and stuck in your ways of consoles and disks, and that's why I'm unsubscribed

[@IC4N7C]

This channel got an un-sub from me. He keeps spreading misinformation about Stadia. He’s obviously a hardware enthusiast.

[@victorlane2172]

Coolio

[@FW.Marcus]

Early squad

[@mrglowingtick3387]

Fifth

[@garethbeaton8414]

Rgb351p

[@aurala4498]

Loj a li link wireless like a gaming po j a

[@quicker0w]

Early squad here

[@demonic-deadbeat3212]

The original model Wii was good, but the Wii mini was just a sad downgrade of a downgrade.

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

Seriously people are making up consoles , the KFC console and I heard of a console which cools your drinks It's all fake people stop believing in this stuff

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

@0PointZero1 one problem how is that thing going to cool down cuz your console will fry if you cook and your food will not cook without heat Answer me that

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

@0PointZero1 and all that heat goes to the consoles hardware and I bet that console is super heavy

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

@0PointZero1 you may handle the heat but your TV will not

[@bothwellmutizwa6042]

@0PointZero1 i would get a long HDMI cable and plug it and game when the room is empty

[@mattykamuduu]

First to like second comment

[@levi.m1_]

First

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[@Moralliss]

FIRST

[@sisib6078]

Pov: you know about the cd-i from the Zelda game

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[@theboys9657]

This video is a joke right lol if it's not it's just plain pathetic none of these even come close to being anything any one but a child wouldn't know about

[@SheddysGaming]

Anyone who watches this and doesn't know about GPD by now, Fkn SHAME on you! Turn off the rest of the world and dig in to the personal tech of today. "Fresh Gear" from Tech TV would have a HAYDAY with all the stuff you can buy now. Obviously, I'm being facetious but.. seriously. I have a retroid Pocket 2 and it's absolutely amazing.

[@fesworks]

Who is this channel for??? Babies? 10 year olds? This is all old information. You keep bringing nothing new, remaking other people's video content into your own.

[@fesworks]

Also there are several bits of poorly researched information, or extended liberties taken in delivering some of the "facts".

[@elgwninja]

@@fesworks yeah I learned this from other popular youtubers like Scott the woz

[@Kunobi]

I’m unsubscribing.

[@luisstuff7565]

dude, it's retro, why do you have to unsubscribe! it's nostalgia not some sort of random stuff.