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[nightfly]

Honestly it's the Switch 2.
I'm a little embarrassed because I feel like the Switch 2 doesn't have the best reputation on Gaf, but it is what it is.

Don't listen to the Switch 2 haters, they're just Karen gamers.

 

[sono]

PS3

2 launch was before my time

 

[Durin]

The last time that happened for a console for me was the Dreamcast. It was the first of that next-generation of console that was such a massive leap forward in 3d graphics from all the limitations of the PS1/N64. It was built-off Windows CE, the memory cards doubled as mini-Game-Boys, had an ethernet jack for playing Phantasy Star Online, a slew of fantastic arcade ports, weird games like Space Channel 5 + Seaman, stylish games like Jet Set Radio, graphical benchmarks like Shenmue, etc.

I know the PS2 was massive, but I wasn't that impressed at the start because some games just struggled to use the emotion engine well, but after the 1st year it was an easy buy for me. Last time I felt any hype was the Xbox 360 because of Gears of War 1 + Xbox Live feeling the a cool step forward for online gaming on consoles.

 

[rodrigolfp]

My first PC

 

[nemiroff]

The Amiga 500.

 

[Fess]

PS3

2 launch was before my time

PS3 had hype but was a letdown for me because it came long after Xbox 360 and didn't deliver a noticeable leap in power. The big jump had already happened a year earlier.

Same thing with PS2 arriving after Dreamcast. Many games even looked worse on PS2, lots of jaggies and no PAL60 making it quite awful early on in euro land.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Ps2

 

[VeganElduderino]

C64. Forbidden Forrest still haunts me.

and I thought I was old

 

[cash_longfellow]

Probably Super Nintendo. After popping my gaming cherry with Atari, once I moved to Nintendo and they started talking about SNES, my hype went through the roof. Me and my friends used to walk up to the local shopping center every day to play the SNES kiosk they had at a place called Video Express (family owned Blockbuster type place). It was just so magical. I mowed a lot of lawns that year to save up for it with my parents matching me some on the money. I felt similar with ps5, but Covid fucked that all up and my life went into a tailspin, to where once it released I didn't care much about anything really.

 

[EverydayBeast]

PS3 was indeed hype, and it was an absolute delight hyping myself up, the magazines were there

That ps3 hype was a different level