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PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Lifetime of a Game Console

8 years after the Xbox 360 kickoff hit shelves, and vii years after the PlayStation 3 premiered, both consoles' successors are making their long-anticipated debut on the gaming scene.

With their connected features, emphasis on social sharing, apps and goggle box access, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are significant departures from previous consoles. Nevertheless, a wait back might aid show how today's new consoles came about and how they might likewise develop in the future.

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For example, the indie gaming scene inverse profoundly during the life cycles of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation iii. The concept of "mainstream indies" may seem oxymoronic, but the Xbox 360 enabled just that. The 2008 game "Braid," published on Xbox Live Arcade, introduced a whole new generation of players to the concept of indie games, and kicked off a renewed support for pocket-size studio developers and the quirky, left-of-eye experiences they could produce.

Since 2008, the Xbox 360 has lost its early lead on mainstream indies. Today, the best place to find indie games is on the PC, particularly on the Steam gaming platform by Valve, only that doesn't mean that indies can't still find life on consoles.

In 2013, Sony began promoting the PlayStation 4 as a supporter of indie games, with bang-up success. Both consoles accept launched with pocket-sized-studio titles, but the PlayStation 4's wider choice, equally well every bit Sony'southward more than vocal support of indie titles, pleased audiences that accept come to expect games like 2011'south "Bastion" and "Journeying" on their consoles.

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The Xbox 1 has also caught some criticism for its emphasis on television and apps, which some critics and consumers meet as the Xbox moving abroad from its roots as a gaming console. Just the Xbox has been expanding its nongaming content for years now. The Xbox 360 was the get-go gaming console to offering Netflix, starting in 2008. In 2011, Microsoft changed its interface to the Metro design used in the Windows operating organisation, and expanded its nongaming capabilities. Both are signs that Microsoft doesn't see the Xbox as just a game console, merely rather equally a device that tin access the full range of Microsoft's features.

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Meanwhile, the PlayStation platform has been focusing for years on getting both sectional triple-A titles (games developed by large studios with huge budgets) and supporting indie development. The PlayStation three merely added nongaming features similar streaming boob tube after Xbox did, though by the end of the consoles' life cycles, the two consoles were relatively even in terms of nongaming features.

It'due south likely the Xbox 1 and the PlayStation 4 will be around for a while, at least the 7 to eight years of its predecessors. Simply the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 aren't going abroad quite however, and their legacy will continue to shape the decisions Microsoft and Sony make with their new consoles, every bit well as the way gamers receive them.

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Jill Scharr is a artistic writer and narrative designer in the videogame industry. She'due south currently Projection Pb Writer at the games studio Harebrained Schemes, and has likewise worked at Bungie. Prior to that she worked as a Staff Author for Tom's Guide, covering video games, online security, 3D printing and tech innovation amid many subjects.