I’m currently going through the junior year of my high school, that was 20 years ago exactly. It has been 22 years since my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, had finally broken their Curse of the Bambino in 2004. The Harry Potter main book series ended 19 years ago while the film series ended 15 years ago.
Sonic games have been playable on Nintendo systems for over double the amount of time they were a Sega exclusive. Heck, Sonic has been playable in the same game as Mario for longer than he’s been a Sega exclusive (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games and Smash Bros Brawl).
Also, when some coworkers waxed nostalgic about Minecraft the same way I do about Super Mario 3. Minecraft came out after I graduated from college.
The pandemic ended half a decade ago (depending on where and who’s counting).
And here we are where it has come full circle to where, we’re seeing Master Chief on a freaking Playstation 5 cover case.
The adult in me recognizes that the console wars were stupid, but the kid in me laments the culture they created. If I had to give a concrete reason why I think each console filled a niche and had a unique identity.