While the Xbox 360 had serious momentum behind it, the Xbox One stumbled out of the gate with its plans for absolutely bizarre, anti-consumer online requirements and used game restrictions. RELATED: Xbox Boss Is Not Too Worried About Console Sales Xbox and PlayStation remained in direct conflict, however, with the PS3 and Xbox 360 battling it out for hardcore gamers' dollars, a fight continued by the Xbox One and PS4.

Nintendo stopped trying to compete directly with other consoles in terms of power and instead focused on doing its own thing, releasing the Wii to massive success. One could argue this changed with the seventh generation of consoles. The rise of PlayStation, the continued success of Nintendo, and the debut of Xbox saw Sega eventually drop out of the race entirely.įor a time, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo were all in direct competition with one another. Ever since Nintendo and Sega battled it out in the 90s, gamers have been invested in the so-called 'console wars.' While used as an excuse for fans of competing brands to fling insults at each other online, the console wars also refer to the sales competition between the different gaming console manufacturers.

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