Get 4 months extra on a 2 year plan here: https://nordvpn.com/goingindie. It's risk free with Nord's 30 day money-back guarantee! 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? 🟥 Grow your indie studio and support the channel! https://www.patreon.com/GoingIndie 🔵 Join the Going Indie Discord! https://discord.gg/azW3CUwShn 🐦 Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/GoingIndieYT 📃 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 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyS4xQE6DK4_p3qXQwJQAyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HuUa4Lnw9I Intellivision commercials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPUMfUvRAOE The First Console War - Atari vs Intellivision (1981) - Video Game Years History https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1wdop56K-ORxh37G6-fs7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7QOpdK7OWE Sega Genesis commercials https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrJ1MjmwPE4I9ViVuL-IHg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65E53rNC1io Console Wars - NINTENDO vs SEGA @Flashgitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBdeKWl0E5g Crash Bandicoot Commercial at Nintendo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTi5EaocGaY 2001 - Xbox Console Reveal with The Rock and Bill Gates https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDC7X5gNh2LxQ2PnN_OKD5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu7o3exy00Q Microsoft's Embarrassing Xbox One Reveal 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrvE3B5Rz6A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzORJV8l3FWY4cFO8ot-F2w Phil Spencer interview https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6QFE3peNry9PdO5uGj96g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKwfEQ1eEyM