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[EverydayBeast]

What game features from consoles were “day late and a dollar short” for you? Which means something came but came late. I’ll go with cross play. The routine in 2007-2012ish was COD and cross play (play against other console and pc players) would have been useful. I remember friends fighting over which console to buy MW2 for, ps3 or 360, who’s friend are you following and to what console.

Any other good examples?

 

[RagnarokIV]

Refunds and decent customer support.

 

[SportsFan581]

Free online play.

 

[MrRibeye]

Console wraps/skins/covers that can be purchased separately as an accessory, and don't require the purchase of an entire limited edition console.

Xbox launched console wraps/skins/covers in 2023:

New Xbox Console Wraps – Experience the Power of Series X in Style - Xbox Wire

We’re excited to announce that Xbox Series X Console Wraps are launching this year, and pre-orders start today. There are three striking designs to choose from – a Starfield design and two camo colors to choose from, Arctic Camo and Mineral Camo.

news.xbox.com

PlayStation already had faceplates in 2015 on the PS4:

Introducing custom faceplates for PS4

Four colours launch on 18th November, with more to come

blog.playstation.com

I may be wrong about the year of introduction and who came first and it doesn't matter. The fact is that this could've been huge during the X360 era and maybe even as far back as the PS2, since gaming culture was so tribal back then.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Free online play.

Also a good example, subscription fees, and services are having their moment now.

 

[intbal]

Console wraps/skins/covers that can be purchased separately as an accessory, and don't require the purchase of an entire limited edition console.

Xbox launched console wraps/skins/covers in 2023:

New Xbox Console Wraps – Experience the Power of Series X in Style - Xbox Wire

We’re excited to announce that Xbox Series X Console Wraps are launching this year, and pre-orders start today. There are three striking designs to choose from – a Starfield design and two camo colors to choose from, Arctic Camo and Mineral Camo.

news.xbox.com

PlayStation already had faceplates in 2015 on the PS4:

Introducing custom faceplates for PS4

Four colours launch on 18th November, with more to come

blog.playstation.com

I may be wrong about the year of introduction and who came first and it doesn't matter. The fact is that this could've been huge during the X360 era and maybe even as far back as the PS2, since gaming culture was so tribal back then.

Perhaps I'm just misunderstanding you.
Faceplates were a major design feature of the Xbox 360. From day one.

 

[Black_Stride]

Console wraps/skins/covers that can be purchased separately as an accessory, and don't require the purchase of an entire limited edition console.

Xbox launched console wraps/skins/covers in 2023:

New Xbox Console Wraps – Experience the Power of Series X in Style - Xbox Wire

We’re excited to announce that Xbox Series X Console Wraps are launching this year, and pre-orders start today. There are three striking designs to choose from – a Starfield design and two camo colors to choose from, Arctic Camo and Mineral Camo.

news.xbox.com

PlayStation already had faceplates in 2015 on the PS4:

Introducing custom faceplates for PS4

Four colours launch on 18th November, with more to come

blog.playstation.com

I may be wrong about the year of introduction and who came first and it doesn't matter. The fact is that this could've been huge during the X360 era .........

Faceplates and skins could have been huge during the X360 era?

 

[MrRibeye]

Perhaps I'm just misunderstanding you.
Faceplates were a major design feature of the Xbox 360. From day one.

yeah I may have worded that poorly, I’m talking about those wraps that completely enclose the console, that’s just *now* a thing with XSX and PS5 right?

 

[intbal]

yeah I may have worded that poorly, I’m talking about those wraps that completely enclose the console, that’s just *now* a thing with XSX and PS5 right?

Nope.
Those were around for the duration of the 360's life.
I don't know about PS3, but I assume they were available there, too.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Sega 32x was a day early and a dollar long.

I imagine if Xbox ever starts releasing cheap ssd expansion cards it will be too late.

 

[MrRibeye]

Nope.
Those were around for the duration of the 360's life.
I don't know about PS3, but I assume they were available there, too.

Right, so I checked. Full enclosing console wraps were not an official accessory for the Xbox 360, as per: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/xbox-360/accessories/xbox-360-accessories-retirement
You are right 3rd-party custom console cases existed back then, and they look sick, but installing them would void the warranty of your console

Official console wraps are a day late and a dollar short, because they arrived with the XSX when they could have already been an official thing on the X360.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Refunds and decent customer support.

You're not wrong. I used to work as PlayStation customer support.