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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8629659" data-attributes="member: 4348">Well, comparing Video game generations to D&D....Trying to align the years to the timing...though not a perfect match...5e = Playstation 4.  Not very backwards compatible with what came before it I suppose for the most part.  Then you have Xbox One, which has backwards compatibility all the way back to some of the original xbox games.4e = Playstation 3 which was not very popular in the Americas though it eventually outsold Xbox when counting overseas numbers, but it was great in that it had a new take on things (your media box which has blu-ray, internet, etc).  Influenced what came after.  Xbox 360 was very easily broken at first, and had some very difficult problems in it's lifetime, but there are those who love it today still.  It's also the Wii-U where people got confused over whether it was actually the Wii, and why they should get it.  Those who are fans of the Wii-U are very massive fans, but their numbers are fewer than other Nintendo systems.3e = The Nintendo Gamecube and the Nintendo DS.  The Nintendo DS and 3ds actually sold quite well and is loved by many still.  It was their first Game system for many of that era.  It's also the Playstation 1 and 2 which revolutionized game systems with it's CD use and higher graphics.  It had a massive library from 3rd party makers which was different than the more controlled Nintendo system that came before. 2e = The SNES and Sega Genesis.  16 bit graphics were awesome at the time.  They built franchises up (Zelda, Mario, Sonic, etc).  Many see them as the top of that era for games.  Genesis could also be seen as the last great system Sega ever made (Sure, they made a few others, but none with the success of the Genesis and the last finally made Sega stop making Consoles). 1e = The first one out which people recall fondly.  This is the Nintendo game system.  This is where graphics suddenly take off in full 8 bit color and make people sit down and take note.  This is the Atari 2600 and other systems where for the first time you can play the games from the arcade right in your home.  This is gaming.0e = What is this?  These are the original games in the arcades that you could go an play.  Always fun to go and play, ever able to evolve with the latest and greatest.  Originally it was this that the other consoles came out to copy and to try to bring the ideas over.  Later, it was just something people loved to play. And of course, how could we forget...BX/BECMI/RC = What is left to fill the gap?  Why, only the greatest of all gaming systems ever made...the PC.  Ever useful, ever adapting, and probably have more users than any single console alone.</blockquote>

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