2014 – 2020retired
New Nintendo 3DS
“A modest revision that became a beloved classic — now folding its screens for good.”
“The all-in-one that was, mostly, about the games all along.”
Announced in May 2013 and launched that November, the Xbox One was Microsoft's third console and the successor to the beloved Xbox 360, marketed as an 'all-in-one entertainment system' — hence the name. It went back to the x86 architecture of the original Xbox, packed an AMD Accelerated Processing Unit, and shipped with a redesigned controller featuring haptic-feedback triggers that felt genuinely new. It also became
By 2020 the console was discontinued, having spent its run competing against the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo's Wii U and Switch. Its controller, cloud features, and video-sharing emphasis carried forward into what came next. Not murdered — just gracefully retired, like a favorite console sitting on a shelf, still warm to the touch.
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“A modest revision that became a beloved classic — now folding its screens for good.”
“It gave up the 3D and kept the games — flat screen, full heart”
“No glasses needed, no invitation required — the 3D just worked, and so did it.”