It's funny to contrast my gaming past with seemingly most peoples' today, by comparing "subreddits".

1. Atari: Dead. Videos of nearly forty year-old 2600 releases, and discussions about barely-functional third-party knockoff hardware.
2. Sega: Dead. Master System and Dreamcast retrospectives, with the odd mention of one of the company's contemporary games.
3. 3DO: Dead. M2 videos and how to replace laser lenses in the twenty five year-old Panasonic and Goldstar units.
4. Nintendo: Best selling console of all time. A gazillion game releases every month, phenomenal contemporary adaptations of all fan favorite series.
5. Sony: Nearly one hundred million units sold. Gazillion game releases every month, triple-A developed games with budgets in the hundreds of millions.
6. Microsoft: Most powerful console on the market, thousands of games, tons of hyped-up news regarding next wave of hardware releases.

Anyone under the age of thirty has only ever known hardware from Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft-- so all of their emotional connections are to one of those three companies, all three of which are more than alive and well.

But for people like me who are approaching forty, or are even older, the death of Atari was a killer. And in my case, my next two in Sega and 3DO also died! I think I'd enjoy the hobby more if one of those three companies had survived. Instead I kind of just flit around, not able to really get behind anyone.

It would be great if a "new" company would make a console. I've heard that the people behind "Project CARS" might make one-- maybe I'll give that a shot if it ever comes out.